US Patent Issued to Fives Intralogistics on July 22 for "Roller shoe and slat sorter conveyor" (Florida, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,545, issued on July 22, was assigned to Fives Intralogistics Corp. (Louisville, Ky.).

"Roller shoe and slat sorter conveyor" was invented by Steven Vann Schroader (Louisville, Ky.) and Richard B. Hageman (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roller shoe slat sorter conveyor system includes a conveyor forming an upwardly facing support surface. The support surface includes slots oriented transversely to the conveying direction and a plurality of roller shoe assemblies mounted for sliding movement along respective slots for transversely discharging objects from a medial position to either side of the conveying surface. Each r...