Patent attributes
A transverse belt drive assembly has multiple belt drive frames spaced in a first direction and positioned between the rollers of a main conveyor which advances articles in the first direction. The belt drive frames support looped toothed belts which are advanced in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The belt drive frames are mounted to a platform which is driven on demand by an actuator to raise the belt drive frames to extend up above the roller surfaces of the main conveyor rollers causing the belts to engage articles carried on the conveyor rollers, lifting and advancing the articles in the first direction to transfer them off the conveyor rollers. Each belt has a body with converging walls and is received within a channel within a converging side wall track mounted to a belt drive frame. Rotatable bearings are mounted beneath each channel to support the belt.
