Electric pallet conveyor
AssigneesCaromation, Inc., Straightline Automation, LLC
InventorsBrad Wireman, G. Scott Kreft
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Abstract
An electric pallet conveyor includes a slide moveably supported on a guide-rail of a track. The electric pallet includes a motor for propelling the slide along the guide rail. A first gear pulley is attached to the slide and rotatable about a first gear pulley axis of rotation in response to a rotational torque output from the motor. A second gear pulley displaced from the first gear pulley is rotatable about a second gear pulley axis of rotation. A pulley belt connects the first gear pulley to the second gear pulley and is operable for transferring a rotational torque from the first gear pulley to the second gear pulley. A drive pulley fixedly attached to the second gear pulley engages a drive rail of the track to propel the slide along the guide-rail.
Claims19
An electric pallet conveyor comprising:
- a track including a guide-rail and a drive-rail;
- a slide moveably supported on the guide rail;
- a motor attached to the slide;
- a first gear pulley rotatably attached to the slide, the first gear pulley rotatable about a first gear pulley axis of rotation in response to a rotational torque output from the motor;
- a second gear pulley rotatable about a second gear pulley axis of rotation;
- a pulley belt connecting the first gear pulley to the second gear pulley;
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- a drive pulley attached to the second gear pulley for concurrent rotation therewith, the drive pulley engaging the drive-rail.
An electric pallet comprising:
- a slide moveably connectable to a track;
- a motor attached to the slide;
- a first gear pulley rotatably connected to the slide, the first gear pulley rotatable about a first gear pulley axis of rotation in response to a rotational torque output from the motor;
- a second gear pulley rotatable about a second gear pulley axis of rotation;
- a pulley belt connecting the first gear pulley to the second gear pulley;
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- a drive pulley fixedly connected to the second gear pulley for concurrent rotation about the second gear pulley axis of rotation, the drive pulley engageable with the track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.