Modular conveyor body unit for conveyor systems
AssigneeWipotec GmbH
InventorsOliver Günther, Kay-Eric Schmidt
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Abstract
A conveyor device includes at least three lift columns, a lower conveyor body, and an upper conveyor body. The upper conveyor body is adjustable in its height relative to the lower conveyor body. The lift columns project at least partially above the upper conveyor body without lengthwise supports acting in the transport direction. The upper conveyor body together with one or more cross members on which the upper conveyor body is supported may be formed as a modular unit which is mountable and removable from the conveying system as a unit.
Claims16
A modular conveyor body unit for a conveying system, the modular conveyor body unit including:
- (a) a cross member having an elongated guidance section;
- (b) a conveyor body supported on the guidance section, the conveyor body including a first carrier opening and the guidance section of the cross member being received through the first carrier opening so that the conveyor body is supported on the guidance section so as to be movable along a length of the guidance section and fixed in a desired location along the length of the guidance section;
- (c) the conveyor body having a conveyor element mounted thereon;
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- (d) wherein the cross member together with the guidance section thereof and the conveyor body supported thereon are, together as a modular unit, mountable on and removable from the conveying system.
A modular conveyor body unit for a conveying system, the modular conveyor body unit including:
- (a) a cross member having an elongated guidance section and having a series of latch teeth located along a length of the cross member;
- (b) a conveyor body supported on the guidance section, the conveyor body being supported on the guidance section so as to be movable along a length of the guidance section and fixed in a desired location along the length of the guidance section;
- (c) the conveyor body having a conveyor element mounted thereon;
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- (d) wherein the cross member together with the guidance section thereof and the conveyor body supported thereon are, together as a modular unit, mountable on and removable from the conveying system.
A modular conveyor body unit for a conveying system, the modular conveyor body unit including:
- (a) a cross member having an elongated guidance section;
- (b) an additional cross member having an elongated additional guidance section extending parallel to the guidance section;
- (c) a conveyor body and an additional conveyor body, both the conveyor body and the additional conveyor body being supported on both the guidance section and the additional guidance section so as to be movable along a length of the guidance section and the additional guidance section and fixed in a desired location along the length of the guidance section and the additional guidance section;
- (d) the conveyor body having a conveyor element mounted thereon and the additional conveyor body having an additional conveyor element mounted thereon;
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- (e) wherein the cross member together with the guidance section, the additional cross member and the additional guidance section, and the conveyor body and additional conveyor body supported on the guidance section and additional guidance section are, together as a modular unit, mountable on and removable from the conveying system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.