US 12,403,940 B2
System and method for supporting and connecting conveyor track
Roger Hogan, Cambridge (CA); Blake Robert Lambert, Cambridge (CA); and Albert Kleinikkink, Cambridge (CA)
Filed by ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc., Cambridge (CA)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/559,543.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/131,562, filed on Dec. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0204057 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B61B 13/00 (2006.01); B65G 54/02 (2006.01)
CPC B61B 13/00 (2013.01) [B65G 54/02 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for supporting and connecting conveyor track sections, the system comprising:
a mounting stand having at least 5 degrees of freedom, the mounting stand comprising:
a base configured to connect with a stable surface on which the mounting stand is to be supported in order to support the conveyor track sections; and
at least three adjustable sections, with each of the at least three adjustable sections being adjustable in relation to the base and the track section in at least one of the degrees of freedom, wherein at least one of the at least three adjustable sections connects with the track sections,
wherein the at least three adjustable sections comprise:
a first adjustable section configured to move in relation to one of three axes as a first degree of freedom and to move in relation to one of three axes as a second degree of freedom;
a second adjustable section configured to move in relation to one of three axes as a third degree of freedom and rotate about one of three axes as a fourth degree of freedom;
a third adjustable section configured to move in relation to one of three axes as a fifth degree of freedom.