Patents Assigned to Automotion Incorporated
  • Sorter conveyor
    Patent number: 4760908
    Abstract: An improved conveyor system having elongate conveying tubes travelling in pairs in an endless path. The invention contemplates the provision of a slider in each of the tubes in the pair, interconnection of the sliders through a support and the provision of an article engaging pusher surface upon the support and situated above the tube pairs. The sliders are guided in slots extending lengthwise of the tube pairs and are shifted by an associated roller moving in a channel that is shaped depending on the desired shifting of the pushers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Assignee: Automotion Incorporated
    Inventor: Harry E. Houghton