Inventors:
John L. Williams - Atlanta GA
Asa V. Brown - Royston GA
Assignee:
The Mead Corporation - Atlanta GA
International Classification:
A47F 500, B65G 1100
Abstract:
In a gravity-feed shelf having an endless flexible conveyor belt supporting a plurality of articles arranged in a column and automatically feeding the articles in said column forward in a columnwise direction when the foremost article in the column is removed, one or more frictional pads are located at a position underneath said conveyor belt and are responsive to the presence of an article on said belt and above said position, for stopping the movement of said belt.