A conveyor system including at least one support, each support having on a top side a mainly flat bearing surface extending between the support's front longitudinal top edge and back longitudinal top edge, at least one push shoe, each push shoe supported by one of the at least one support, each push shoe including, a guiding unit extending under the level of the bearing surface, a pushing unit extending above the level of the bearing surface and connected to the guiding unit.

The invention relates to a conveyor comprising a frame and a drivable endless conveying element, which is provided with carriers extending transversely to the intended direction of movement of the conveying element during operation, which carriers are coupled to at least one endless flexible coupling member, while at least a few carriers support pusher elements. The pusher elements are connected to guide means, which are capable of cooperation with guide rails supported by the frame, all this in such a manner that a pusher element can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the associated carrier in one or more places during operation. The carriers are provided with wings, which bound receiving spaces being disposed one behind the other and having mutually different dimensions, measured in the intended direction of movement of the conveying element.

A conveyor including a drivable endless conveying device having a plurality of carriers extending parallel to each other and transversely to an intended direction of movement of the derivable endless conveying device, a pusher device provided on at least one of the plurality of carriers and configured to move along the at least one of the plurality of carriers, a guide device connected to the pusher device, two guide rails extending to the intended direction of movement of the plurality of carriers and intersecting at an intersection point, the two guide rails forming passages for the guide device, and a switch device provided at the intersection point and including a switch plate, a plurality of guide cams each having a guide surface, and a closing device positioned and configured to make rectilinear movement in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the conveyor and alternately close the passages by cooperation of the guide device and the guide surface.

A conveyor for transporting objects. The vertically adjustable end of the first conveyor is positioned near the vertically adjustable ends of at least two further conveyors positioned one above the other. In a first position, the end of the first conveyor joins the end of one of the further conveyors. In a second position, the end of the first conveyor joins the end of the other of the further conveyors. The vertically adjustable ends of the conveyors are interconnected by means of a flexible connecting element including two parts extending from a guide mechanism in the direction of the ends of the conveyors. One part is connected to the first conveyor and the other part is connected to the further conveyors.

A positive displacement sorter includes a conveying surface, a plurality of pusher shoes capable of traveling laterally of the conveying surface travel direction, a diverting assembly selectively diverting the pusher shoes and a control. The pusher shoes are generally separated from each other and the travel of direction by a shoe pitch. The diverting assembly includes a plurality of diverting rails extending generally diagonally under the conveying surface and a plurality of actuators associated with the diverting rails. The control is capable of controlling at least two of the actuators in a manner that selectively diverts at least two of the pusher shoes that are spaced apart in integer increments of the shoe pitch notwithstanding that the actuators are separated from each other by more than the shoe pitch.