US 12,277,000 B2
Conveyor-type device
Yvan Leone, Saint-Laurent (CA)
Assigned to CAE HEALTHCARE CANADA INC., Saint-Laurent (CA)
Filed by CAE HEALTHCARE CANADA INC., Saint-Laurent (CA)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/187,835.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/269,794, filed on Mar. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0305588 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G05G 5/03 (2008.04); B65G 15/14 (2006.01); B65G 17/38 (2006.01); B65G 21/12 (2006.01); B65G 21/14 (2006.01); G09B 23/28 (2006.01)
CPC G05G 5/03 (2013.01) [B65G 15/14 (2013.01); B65G 21/12 (2013.01); B65G 21/14 (2013.01); B65G 17/38 (2013.01); G05G 2505/00 (2013.01); G09B 23/285 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conveyor-type device comprising:
a carriage slidably moveable along a conveyance path and defining a first channel therein; and
two loops disposed on opposite sides of the path and rotatable in response to a movement of the carriage along the path to adjust the length of a second channel, the loops being configured to:
rotatably engage with one another downstream from the carriage to extend the second channel as the carriage moves towards an end of the conveyance path; and
rotatably disengage from one another upstream from the carriage to shorten the second channel as the carriage moves towards a beginning of the conveyance path,
wherein the first channel and second channel are aligned for receiving an elongated body therein.