Connecting device, conveying carriage and conveying installation
AssigneeInterroll Holding AG
InventorsHeinrich Droste, Thomas Eisinger
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Abstract
A connecting device (2-2″″′) for connecting a conveying carriage (1-1″″′) to a drive chain (4) has a pivot lever (6-6″″′) that is connected pivotally to the conveying carriage (1-1″″′). A chain fastening (8-8″″′) is connectable to the drive chain (4), and an articulated joint (10-10″″′) connects the pivot lever (6-6″″′) and the chain fastening (8-8″″′). The articulated joint (10-10″″′) has three degrees of rotational freedom between the pivot lever (6-6″″′) and the chain fastening (8-8″″′).
Claims10
A conveyor system, comprising:
- at least one conveying carriage (1-1″″′);
- rails arranged along a conveying path;
- and
- at least one drive chain (4) arranged following substantially a course of the rails;
- wherein the conveying carriage (1-1″″′) is arranged on the rails, and wherein the conveying carriage (1-1″″′) is connected to the drive chain (4) by a connecting device (2-2″″′) that comprises:
- a pivot lever (6-6″″′) that has a pivot joint (12;
- 12″;
- 12″″;
- 12″″′) that pivotally connects the pivot lever (6-6″″′) to the conveying carriage (1-1″″′) so that the pivot lever (6-6″″′) is pivotable relative to the conveying carriage (1-1″″′) in a horizontal plane by means of the pivot joint (12;
- 12″;
- 12″″;
- 12″″′);
- a chain attachment (8-8″″′) that is connectable to the drive chain (4);
- and
- an articulated joint (10-10″″′) that connects the pivot lever (6-6″″′) and the chain attachment (8-8″″′);
- wherein the articulated joint (10-10″″′) has three rotational degrees of freedom between the pivot lever (6-6″″) and the chain attachment (8-8″″′).
A connecting device (2-2″″′) for connecting a conveying carriage (1-1″″′) to a drive chain (4), comprising:
- a pivot lever (6-6″″′) that has a pivot joint (12;
- 12″;
- 12″″;
- 12″″′) that pivotally connects the pivot lever (6-6″″′) to the conveying carriage (1-1″″′) so that the pivot lever (6-6″″′) is pivotable relative to the conveying carriage (1-1″″′) in a horizontal plane by means of the pivot joint (12;
- 12″;
- 12″″;
- 12″″′);
- a chain attachment (8-8″″′) that is connectable to the drive chain (4);
- and
- an articulated joint (10-10″″′) that connects the pivot lever (6-6″″′) and the chain attachment (8-8″″′);
- wherein the articulated joint (10-10″″′) has three rotational degrees of freedom between the pivot lever (6-6″″′) and the chain attachment (8-8″″′).
A conveying carriage (1-1″″′), comprising a connecting device (2-2″″′) for connecting the conveying carriage (1-1″″) to a drive chain (4), the conveying carriage comprising:
- a pivot lever (6-6″″′) that has a pivot joint (12;
- 12″;
- 12″″;
- 12″″′) that pivotally connects the pivot lever (6-6″″′) to the conveying carriage (1-1″″′) so that the pivot lever (6-6″″′) is pivotable relative to the conveying carriage (1-1″″′) in a horizontal plane by means of the pivot joint (12;
- 12″;
- 12″″;
- 12″″′);
- a chain attachment (8-8″″′) that is connectable to the drive chain (4);
- and
- an articulated joint (10-10″″′) that connects the pivot lever (6-6″″′) and the chain attachment (8-8″″′);
- wherein the articulated joint (10-10″″′) has three rotational degrees of freedom between the pivot lever (6-6″″′) and the chain attachment (8-8″″′).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.