Owner Dematic Corp.

Inventors KKooistra, Kenneth J; Cotter, David H; Lemay, Curtis E

Agent Spruson & Ferguson

Pub. Number AU-B-2003210926

PCT Number PCT/US03/03819

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/068640

Priority 60/356,045 11.02.02 US; 60/424,629 07.11.02 US

Filing date 7 February 2003

Wipo publication date 4 September 2003

Acceptance publication date 12 June 2008

B65G 15/12 (2006.01) Conveyers having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration

B65G 15/22 (2006.01) Conveyers having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration

B65G 15/24 (2006.01) Conveyers having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration

B65G 15/30 (2006.01) Conveyers having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration - Belts or like endless load-carriers

B65G 15/32 (2006.01) Conveyers having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration - made of rubber or plastics

B65G 15/50 (2006.01) Conveyers having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration

B65G 15/64 (2006.01) Conveyers having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration

B65G 43/00 (2006.01) Control, e.g. safety, warning, fault-correcting, devices

B65G 43/10 (2006.01) Control, e.g. safety, warning, fault-correcting, devices - Sequence control of conveyers operating in combination

B65G 47/26 (2006.01) Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyers - arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles

B65G 47/31 (2006.01) Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyers - by varying the relative speeds of the conveyers forming the series

B65G 47/53 (2006.01) Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyers - between conveyers which cross one another