US 12,448,224 B2
Conveyor transfer system
Benson Hall, Harahan, LA (US); Mitchell G. Pansano, Jr., Harahan, LA (US); Geoffrey Nicholas Bennett, Annapolis, MD (US); Wayne A. Pertuit, Jr., Westwego, LA (US); and Bryant G. Ragan, Metairie, LA (US)
Assigned to Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US)
Appl. No. 18/036,119
Filed by Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/060135
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/125292, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/124,445, filed on Dec. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0017938 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 54/02 (2006.01); B65G 47/61 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/61 (2013.01) [B65G 54/02 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0258 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transfer system comprising:
a linear-motor conveyor including:
a track having one or more infeed or outfeed transfer segments;
a stator having drive coils arranged along the track;
a plurality of shuttles unconnected with each other and driven by the stator along the track in a conveying direction;
a plurality of carriers, each mounted to an individual one of the shuttles to support a conveyed object;
a transfer member;
wherein the transfer member transfers a conveyed object to an outfeed conveyor from one of the carriers at an outfeed transfer segment or from an infeed conveyor to the carriers at an infeed transfer segment.