Patents Represented by Law Firm Van Dyke, Garder, Linn & Burkhart, LLP
  • Patent number: 6029800
    Abstract: The invention concerns a conveyor for packages, especially a conveyor for flexible packages such as newspapers, textiles or sacks. The conveyor includes a plurality of sequential, parallel and spaced rollers, which form a conveying surface and are perpendicular to a direction of conveyance. Along their length, the rollers have alternating cylindrical sections and narrowing sections. The narrowing sections narrow to both sides of a highest point along the length of the roller toward the cylindrical sections. A plurality of continuous belts are guided around groups of sequential rollers and run in the direction of conveyance to bridge gaps between the spaced rollers. The belts are positioned around the narrowing sections at the maximum diameter thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Kratz, Werner Jahns, Edgar Bonifer