Conveyor unit having adjustable transport rollers
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsCarsten Aschpurwis, Thomas Froehlich
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Abstract
A conveying unit for transporting goods on transport rollers in a transport plane. The transport rollers can be rotated about their respective axes of rotation with an adjustable rotational speed and adjustable direction of rotation. The axes of rotation of the transport rollers are adjustable by rotation about their respective pivot axes by a particular pivot axis angle, and at least two of the transport rollers can be adjusted differently from one another. There is also described a method for adjusting the conveyor unit.
Claims13
A conveying unit for transporting goods in a transport plane, the conveying unit comprising:
- transport rollers rotatably mounted about respective axes of rotation with an adjustable rotational speed and an adjustable direction of rotation;
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- the axes of rotation of said transport rollers extending substantially parallel to the transport plane and being adjustable by rotation by a given pivot axis angle about respective pivot axes that extend substantially orthogonally to the transport plane and being selectively adjustable to extend non-orthogonally to the transport plane;
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- a control unit configured for actuating said transport rollers, to adjust the pivot axis angle of two or more of said transport rollers, and to individually control a rotation of said two or more of said transport rollers;
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- wherein at least two of said transport rollers are adjustable differently from one another.
A method for adjusting a conveying unit having transport rollers for transporting goods on a transport plane, the method comprising:
- selectively rotating the transport rollers about respective axes of rotation thereof extending substantially parallel with the transport plane with an adjustable rotational speed and an adjustable direction of rotation via a control unit;
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- selectively pivoting the axes of rotation of the transport rollers about respective pivot axes by a particular pivot axis angle via the control unit, with the pivot axis selectively extending orthogonally and non-orthogonally to the transport plane;
- individually adjusting the rotational speed and the direction of rotation of the transport rollers via the control unit, and jointly adjusting the pivot axis angle of groups of at least two of the transport rollers;
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- transporting an item of the goods item by way of the adjusted transport rollers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.