A modular conveying assembly includes active roller control for reducing backline pressure without product to product contact when accumulating products. Methods are discussed for manipulating objects by a bump-through indexing operation, a slug-control indexing operation, a catch-and-release indexing operation, box or case turning operations, and zero-pressure accumulation operations.

A modular conveying assembly includes active roller control for reducing backline pressure without product to product contact when accumulating products. Methods are discussed for manipulating objects by a bump-through indexing operation, a slug-control indexing operation, a catch-and-release indexing operation, box or case turning operations, and zero-pressure accumulation operations.

An automatic article sorting conveyor apparatus includes a supply unit configured to include first and second oblique roller frames having a plurality of first and second oblique rollers and to convey articles, an arranging unit configured to include third and fourth oblique roller frames having a plurality of third and fourth oblique rollers and a middle belt frame including a middle belt having a front coupled to the first and second oblique roller frames, and an article drop unit configured to include first and second counter-oblique roller frames having a plurality of first and second counter-oblique rollers on the left and right sides of the middle belt, first and second drop chutes having one ends coupled to the first and second counter-oblique roller frames, and first and second conveying belt frames have one ends coupled to the first and second drop chutes and including conveying belts circulate.

A snap-in dual-pronged retaining device for a conveyor component includes two parallel prongs extending from an integral base. The prongs may form axles for rollers, hinge rods for coupling two conveyor belt modules together, or retaining shafts for retaining a component relative to the conveyor belt. A fastener secures the retaining device and conveyor component in place.

A snap-in dual-pronged retaining device for a conveyor component includes two parallel prongs extending from an integral base. The prongs may form axles for rollers, hinge rods for coupling two conveyor belt modules together, or retaining shafts for retaining a component relative to the conveyor belt. A fastener secures the retaining device and conveyor component in place.

The present disclosure relates to an axle retainer and associated conveyor system. An example axle retainer is defined by a housing that includes a first surface configured to be secured to an inner-sidewall of a conveyor frame and a second surface opposite the first surface. The second surface defines two or more apertures configured to mount a conveyor roller axle therein. Each aperture includes a snap-fit bracket defining two arms each with a corresponding protrusion. The two arms of the snap-fit bracket are configured to expand from a first position to a second position within the aperture to receive a conveyor roller axle and rebut from the second position to the first position such that the pair of corresponding protrusions defined by the two arms of the snap-fit bracket retain the conveyor roller axle in the aperture.

The present disclosure relates to an axle retainer and associated conveyor system. An example axle retainer is defined by a housing that includes a first surface configured to be secured to an inner-sidewall of a conveyor frame and a second surface opposite the first surface. The second surface defines two or more apertures configured to mount a conveyor roller axle therein. Each aperture includes a snap-fit bracket defining two arms each with a corresponding protrusion. The two arms of the snap-fit bracket are configured to expand from a first position to a second position within the aperture to receive a conveyor roller axle and rebut from the second position to the first position such that the pair of corresponding protrusions defined by the two arms of the snap-fit bracket retain the conveyor roller axle in the aperture.

A slat for a conveyor where the conveyor has one or more curves. The slat has landing gears carrying wheels set apart from the slat, and the wheels are capable of engaging a surface distinctive from the landing gears.

A slat for a conveyor where the conveyor has one or more curves. The slat has landing gears carrying wheels set apart from the slat, and the wheels are capable of engaging a surface distinctive from the landing gears.

A module is for a modular conveyor belt having a roller conveyor surface. The module includes a base body including a first end and an opposite second end along a feeding direction of the belt and at each of which an articulation eye is defined for a cylindrical hinge articulation respectively with a second end and with a first end of adjacent modules. The base body also includes a first surface from which supports project for supporting at least one shaft on which at least one roller is mounted. A distance between the articulation axis defined by each of the cylindrical hinges and an orthogonal projection of a longitudinal axis of the at least one shaft on a reference plane is not null and is less than a sum of a radius of the at least one roller and of half the height L of the respective articulation eye.