Owner Laitram, L.L.C.

Inventors Costanzo, Mark B

Agent Freehills

Pub. Number AU-B-2003204355

Priority 10/158660 30.05.02 US

Filing date 23 May 2003

Wipo publication date 18 December 2003

Acceptance publication date 12 June 2008

B65G 13/10 (2006.01) Roller-ways

B65G 17/08 (2006.01) Conveyers having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers

B65G 17/24 (2006.01) Conveyers having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers

B65G 17/32 (2006.01) Conveyers having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers - Individual load-carriers

B65G 17/40 (2006.01) Conveyers having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers

B65G 47/24 (2006.01) Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyers - orientating the articles

B65G 47/30 (2006.01) Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyers - during transit by a series of conveyers

B65G 47/68 (2006.01) Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyers - adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyer and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyer, or , e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyer