Abstract: A device for transferring articles from between two spaced locations, the device has at least two groups of inclined platforms, each platform having an upper article-receiving surface and a leading edge region, wherein each article-receiving surface of the first group is overlapped by a platform of the second group. The device is being operable to reciprocate each of the first group of platforms relative to a corresponding second platform between two positions, wherein the leading edge region of each of the first group of platforms is aligned with a corresponding leading edge region of a platform of the second group.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 1999
Date of Patent:
July 13, 2004
Assignee:
Maxi-Tour Inc.
Inventors:
Jacques Dussault, Guy Chabot, Francois Potvin