Circulation conveyor transport wheel, substrate carrier and method
AssigneeVon Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co. KG
InventorStephan Aulhorn
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Abstract
According to various aspects of the disclosure, a circulation conveyor transport wheel (100) may have: a framework (102) at which the circulation conveyor transport wheel (100) can be rotatably mounted; a multiplicity of coupling devices (104) which are arranged at an outer circumference of the framework (102) and of which each of the coupling devices has at least one form-fit contour (104f) for the form-fitting coupling-on of a substrate carrier (400), wherein the multiplicity of coupling devices (104) has a pair (302) of coupling devices (104), the form-fit contours of which have a smaller spacing to one another along the circumference than to the form-fit contours of the multiplicity of coupling devices (104) which are arranged immediately adjacent to the pair (302).
Claims17
A circulation conveyor transport wheel comprising:
- a framework on which the circulation conveyor transport wheel can be rotatably mounted;
- a multiplicity of coupling devices which are arranged along an outer circumference of the framework and of which each of the coupling devices comprises at least one form-fit contour to couple a substrate carrier in a form-fitting manner, wherein the form-fit contour is configured to engage the substrate carrier in the form-fitting manner by restricting movement of the substrate carrier relative to the form-fit contour in at least one direction,
- wherein the multiplicity of coupling devices comprises a pair of coupling devices, wherein a distance along the circumference between the form-fit contours of the pair of coupling devices to one another is smaller than a distance along the circumference between the form-fit contours of the pair of coupling devices and the form-fit contours of the multiplicity of coupling devices, which are arranged immediately adjacent to the pair.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.