US 11,987,455 B2
Sortation conveyor with flexible divert guide
Matthew J. Tefend, Columbus, OH (US)
Assigned to Trew, LLC, Fairfield, OH (US)
Filed by TREW, LLC, Fairfield, OH (US)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/891,683.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/234,830, filed on Aug. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057690 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 47/82 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/82 (2013.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sortation conveyor comprising:
(a) a divert location including a first position and a second position, wherein the second position is spaced downstream from the first position;
(b) a conveying surface extending along the divert location in a longitudinal direction from an upstream position toward a downstream position and configured to carry an article downstream along a conveying path;
(c) a pusher element configured to be selectively diverted transversely relative to the longitudinal direction at the first position, wherein the pusher element is further configured to engage the article at the second position downstream of the first position for diverting the article away from the conveying path downstream of the second position; and
(d) a flexible divert guide including at least one compressible member positioned downstream of the first position at the second position, wherein the at least one compressible member is configured to transition between an uncompressed state and a compressed state.