Abstract: A conveyor system and the operation of a conveyor system will convey articles such as baggage at airports. A buffer arrangement is provided for storing and pre-sorting at least a part of the article-flow through the system. A conveyor system for conveying and sorting articles for a number of different destinations may be operated with a much lower number of stations for discharging the articles if the possibility of pre-sorting and temporarily storing the articles exists within the system. In particular, a storage rack can be provided for storing articles and the conveyor system comprising such a storage rack.

Abstract: A method for conveying and a conveyor system having a plurality of conveyor sections arranged in series transports articles. The articles can be accelerated on the conveyor system but adjacent conveyor sections have substantially the same speed when the articles are passed between them so as to reduce wear or damage to the articles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conveyor system, for use, e.g., at airports for conveying luggage, which has a plurality of conveyor sections with variable conveying speed arranged in series and a method for operating same. The conveyed articles may be accelerated on the system and adjacent sections have substantially the same speed and optionally the same acceleration when the articles are passed between them. A downstream speed and optionally also a downstream acceleration is determined for each article being passed to an upstream end of a section. In particular, the invention relates to a conveyor system in which the conveyor sections each has a control unit for controlling the operation of the particular section and which control unit is able to communicate with the control units of the immediately adjacent sections, and the invention relates as well to a method for operating such a system and to the individual section.

Abstract: A method for conveying and a conveyor system having a plurality of conveyor sections arranged in series transports articles. The articles can be accelerated on the conveyor system but adjacent conveyor sections have substantially the same speed when the articles are passed between them so as to reduce wear or damage to the articles.

Abstract: A system for and a method of singulating parcels stored in a bulk into a single file of parcels that are mutually separated, by leading the parcels between consecutive, perpendicular conveyor sections by chutes that are designed for providing the desired spreading of parcels in a transport direction and/or the desired narrowing of the flow of parcels in a direction transverse to the transport direction. A first chute leads parcels from an input conveyor section to an intermediate conveyor section so that parcels having different transverse positions will tend to be spread in the transport direction when passing from the input conveyor section to the intermediate conveyor section. A second chute leads parcels from an intermediate conveyor section to a receiving conveyor section so that parcels subsequently will have a significantly reduced mutual spacing in the direction transverse to the transport direction of the receiving conveyor section.

Abstract: The present invention provides an articulated conveyor for transporting articles on guide tracks having sections that curves in the horizontal and/or vertical plane. The conveyor comprises a plurality of interconnected uniform conveyor units each including a tiltably mounted article-supporting member.The units are mutually pivotally connected and each has a first covering sheet member pivotally mounted at one end of the supporting member and engaging with a guiding member of the adjacent conveyor unit so as to cover a possible gap between the second end of the supporting member and the adjacent guiding member in all mutual pivotal positions of neighboring conveyor unit, the first covering sheet member being supported by supporting means mounted on the supporting member.