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US 11,365,097 B1Granted
Plate conveyor
AssigneeInnova Patent GmbH
InventorsPavel Vlasak, Jiri Drencko
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Abstract
A plate conveyor includes a conveyor belt that is formed of interconnected segments which are guided on tracks, and a handrail which is guided on a handrail guide. The conveyor belt has a longitudinal extent, and the handrail runs, at least in sections, in the direction of the longitudinal extent along the conveyor belt. The handrail guide has at least one length compensation element. A length (L) of the compensation element, measured in the direction of the longitudinal extent, is adjustable between a maximumength (Lmax) and a minimum length (Lmin).
Claims8
A plate conveyor, comprising:
- a conveyor belt formed of interconnected segments that are guided on tracks, said conveyor belt having a longitudinal extent;
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- a handrail guided on a handrail guide and, at least in portions of said handrail guide, running along said conveyor belt in the direction of the longitudinal extent;
- said handrail guide having at least one length compensation element with at least two bodies that are arranged substantially successively in the direction of the longitudinal extent;
- said at least two bodies having an adjustable length (L), which, measured in the direction of the longitudinal extent, is adjustable between a maximum length (Lmax) and a minimum length (Lmin);
- each of said at least two bodies being formed at one end with plate-like protrusions running in the direction of the longitudinal extent and slot-like recesses in between said protrusions;
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- wherein at least portions of said protrusions of one of said bodies are received in said recesses of another of said bodies, and vice versa, to render said bodies displaceable relative to one another in the direction of the longitudinal extent.
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