Brake device for a conveyor system
AssigneeFlexLink AB
InventorHakon Lundberg
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Abstract
A brake device for a conveyor system where pallets are conveyed on a transport plane, comprising a body having a first section and a second section, where the first section is provided with a pivot element comprising an inclined landing zone with a second nose, and where the second section comprises an inclined contact surface with a first nose, where the brake device is pivotably suspended on an axle, where the brake device is adapted to hold a first position in which the first nose extends over the transport plane, where the brake device is adapted to hold a second position in which the second nose extends over the transport plane, and where the brake device comprises a damper element arranged between the pivot element and the first section of the body of the brake device.
Claims12
A brake device for a conveyor system where pallets are conveyed on a transport plane, comprising a body having a first section and a second section, a pivot element having a first end and a second end, where the pivot element comprises an inclined landing zone with a second nose, where the second section comprises an inclined contact surface with a first nose, where the brake device comprises a hole adapted to pivotably suspend the brake device on an axle, wherein the brake device is adapted to hold a first position in which the first nose extends over the transport plane, wherein the brake device is adapted to hold a second position in which the second nose extends over the transport plane, and wherein the first end of the pivot element is pivotably attached to the first section of the body and that the brake device comprises a damper element arranged between the second end of the pivot element and the first section of the body of the brake device.
A conveyor system adapted to convey pallets on a transport plane, comprising a conveyor and at least one accumulation chain, where the conveyor comprises a stop element adapted to stop a pallet, wherein the conveyor system comprises at least one brake device comprising a body having a first section and a second section, a pivot element having a first end and a second end, where the pivot element comprises an inclined landing zone with a second nose, where the second section comprises an inclined contact surface with a first nose, where the brake device further comprises a hole adapted to pivotably suspend the brake device on an axle, wherein the brake device is adapted to hold a first position in which the first nose extends over the transport plane, wherein the brake device is adapted to hold a second position in which the second nose extends over the transport plane, and wherein the first end of the pivot element is pivotably attached to the first section of the body and that the brake device further comprises a damper element arranged between the second end of the pivot element and the first section of the body of the brake device.
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