A brake assembly for a conveyor system includes a first bracket, a second bracket and a brake member. The first bracket is configured to receive a channel of the conveyor system. The second bracket is spaced from the first bracket and configured to receive the channel of the conveyor system. The brake member is pivotally connected to the second bracket. A pivot axis about which the brake member is configured to pivot is disposed outwardly of the second bracket. A biasing member is configured to bias the brake member inwardly.

Locking roller assemblies for locking and unlocking a roller of a roller conveyor. The disclosed locking roller assemblies include rollers that, by default, are locked from rotation in the absence of a transferred object such as a container, crate, or pallet. When an object is present over the roller, the roller is passively actuated by the object to unlock and release the roller, enabling the roller to rotate. When the package or article has passed by the roller, the locking roller assembly resumes the default configuration of locking the roller to prevent rotation. In some embodiments, actuation of the locking mechanism is parallel to the roller axis and accomplished by a lever and cam arrangement. In other embodiments, actuation of the locking mechanism is in a direction that is orthogonal to the roller axis and accomplished by a plunger arrangement.

A stop module for stopping an object, which is moved on a transport section with a defined transport direction, comprises a stop element, which can be moved into a transport plane to stop an object, and can be moved out of the transport plane to release the object. The stop module further comprises a fluidic damping device, which is configured to move the stop element in a damped manner from an initial position of the damping device into an end position of the damping device in a working movement during the stopping of the object, wherein the damping device comprises a first piston-cylinder arrangement having a damping piston movable within a damping cylinder. The stop module further comprises a fluidically operated actuator, which is configured to move the stop element optionally into the transport plane in an extension movement or out of the transport plane in a retraction movement, wherein the actuator comprises a second piston-cylinder arrangement having an actuating piston movable within an actuating cylinder. Still further, the stop module comprises a resetting device, which has a pressure line opening into the damping cylinder in order, with the aid of a pressurized fluid passed through said pressure line, to move the damping device back from the end position into the initial position. A duct-like passage opening, which forms a first subsection of the pressure line, is provided in the interior of the actuating piston.

An apparatus that substantially improves the stack quality of delivery items in a delivery item sorting machine by ensuring uniformity of the orientation of the delivery items. The apparatus accommodates toolless installation in the delivery item sorting machine and economical manufacturing options. The apparatus substantially prevents delivery item disorientation and undesired departure of delivery items from the sorting machine. The apparatus reduces operator safety concerns, and increases the net speed of delivery item processing.

The present disclosure relates to a conveyor cartridge removably coupled with a first side plate and an opposite second side plate that delimit a direction of the conveyor cartridge transverse to transport direction. Conveyor rollers rotatably mounted to axles and extending a conveyor roller width between the first side plate and the second side plate. Braking mechanism positioned internally in the cartridge frame in between the first side plate and the opposite second side plate. The braking mechanism abuts the conveyor rollers to retard rotation of the conveyor rollers.

Locking roller assemblies for locking and unlocking a roller of a roller conveyor. The disclosed locking roller assemblies include rollers that, by default, are locked from rotation in the absence of a transferred object such as a container, crate, or pallet. When an object is present over the roller, the roller is passively actuated by the object to unlock and release the roller, enabling the roller to rotate. When the package or article has passed by the roller, the locking roller assembly resumes the default configuration of locking the roller to prevent rotation. In some embodiments, actuation of the locking mechanism is parallel to the roller axis and accomplished by a lever and cam arrangement. In other embodiments, actuation of the locking mechanism is in a direction that is orthogonal to the roller axis and accomplished by a plunger arrangement.

A method for stopping a discrete product that is fed by a continuous conveyor along a feed path in a feed direction to a stop location, the method including the steps: initially moving a stop at the stop location from a reset position outside of the feed path into the feed path so that the discrete product contacts the stop and moves the stop in the feed direction by a damping length wherein an impulse of the discrete product is dissipated by a fluid flowing through a throttle element; subsequently removing the stop from the feed path and moving the stop by the damping length against the feed direction back into the reset position; and pivoting the stop from the reset position into the feed path and pivoting the stop from the feed path into the reset position about the feed direction.

The present application discloses braking devices for use in a pneumatic tube system (PTS). The braking devices are adapted for in-line incorporation with a pneumatic tube and are operative to stop a pneumatic carrier within a pneumatic carrier system. The in-line braking devices allow for decelerating a carrier to a stop over a distance to reduce the forces applied to a carrier and its contents.

A method for stopping a discrete product that is fed by a continuous conveyor along a feed path in a feed direction to a stop location, the method including the steps: initially moving a stop at the stop location from a reset position outside of the feed path into the feed path so that the discrete product contacts the stop and moves the stop in the feed direction by a damping length wherein an impulse of the discrete product is dissipated by a fluid flowing through a throttle element; subsequently removing the stop from the feed path and moving the stop by the damping length against the feed direction back into the reset position; and pivoting the stop from the reset position into the feed path and pivoting the stop from the feed path into the reset position about the feed direction.

The present application discloses braking devices for use in a pneumatic tube system (PTS). The braking devices are adapted for in-line incorporation with a pneumatic tube and are operative to stop a pneumatic carrier within a pneumatic carrier system. The in-line braking devices allow for decelerating a carrier to a stop over a distance to reduce the forces applied to a carrier and its contents.