US 11,339,029 B2Granted

Method for mounting a conveyor chain for a pallet belt of a moving walkway

AssigneeInventio AG

InventorsDominik Praxmarer, Gerhard Kleewein, Kurt Streibig

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Abstract

A method for mounting a conveyor chain for a pallet belt of a moving walkway, and a conveyor chain, includes providing elongated connecting elements for fastening pallets to the conveyor chain, coupling the connecting elements in one coupling process to one another and to chain links that are coupled to one another, such that the connecting elements are arranged one behind the other parallel to the extension direction of the conveyor chain, and each of the connecting elements is coupled at a first end to an associated first one of two-piece chain pins and coupled at a second end to an associated second one of the two-piece chain pins, wherein a connecting element spacing distance between the first and second two-piece chain pins is an integral multiple of the chain spacing distance.

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Dependent claims

A method for mounting a conveyor chain for a pallet belt of a moving walkway, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of elongated chain links arranged at a chain spacing distance one behind another in an extension direction of the conveyor chain, wherein each two adjacent ones of the chain links are coupled together in a joint area by an associated chain pin and the adjacent chain links pivot about a central longitudinal axis of the associated chain pin;
wherein the chain pins include two-piece chain pins each having a first chain pin part and a second chain pin part;
providing a plurality of elongated connecting elements adapted to have pallets attached thereto, each of the connecting elements having a first end and an opposite second end;
coupling the connecting elements to one another and to the chain links with the connecting elements arranged one behind another parallel to the extension direction of the conveyor chain;
wherein each of the connecting elements is coupled at the first end to one of the two-piece chain pins and is coupled at the second end to another one of the two-piece chain pins, wherein a connecting element spacing distance between the one and the another one of the two-piece chain pins is an integral multiple of the chain spacing distance;
and
wherein the connecting elements are coupled to the two-piece chain pins such that the connecting elements are pivotable transversely to the extension direction about central longitudinal axes of the two-piece chain pins.

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A conveyor chain for a pallet belt of a moving walkway, the conveyor chain comprising;

a plurality of elongated chain links arranged at a chain spacing distance one behind the other in an extension direction of the conveyor chain, wherein each two adjacent ones of the chain links in the extension direction are pivotably coupled together in a joint area by an associated chain pin and the adjacent chain links pivot about a central longitudinal axis of the associated chain pin;
wherein the chain pins include two-piece chain pins each having a first chain pin part and a second chain pin part;
a plurality of elongated connecting elements adapted to have pallets attached thereto, the connecting elements being coupled to one another and to the chain links;
wherein the connecting elements are arranged one behind the other parallel to the extension direction of the conveyor chain;
each of the connecting elements being coupled at a first end to one of the two-piece chain pins and at a second end to another one of the two-piece chain pins, wherein a connecting element spacing distance between the one and the another one of the two-piece chain pins is an integral multiple of the chain spacing distance;
and
wherein the connecting elements are coupled to the two-piece chain pins such that the connecting elements are pivotable transversely to the extension direction about central longitudinal axes of the two-piece chain pins.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.