ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,370, issued on May 19, was assigned to SPAN TECH LLC (Glasgow, Ky.).
"Actuator for adjustable conveyor guiderail" was invented by Stephen C. Fye (Glasgow, Ky.), Aaron Cotton (Glasgow, Ky.) and James L. Layne (Bowling Green, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a conveyor and a cable adapted to travel along an endless path to extend or retract a first adjustable guiderail for guiding one or more articles when being conveyed along the conveyor. A cable actuator adapted to move the cable along an endless path. The cable actuator may include a capstan adapted to receive at least a portion of the cable and rotate to cause t...