Conveyor system
AssigneeMarel A/S
InventorBjorn Heide Pedersen
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Abstract
A conveyor system includes an endless belt conveyor with an endless belt and one or more curve guide elements arranged for guiding at least a part of a stretch of the upper run of the endless conveyor belt to extend laterally from one side of the support structure and the lower run of the endless conveyor belt.
Claims19
A conveyor system comprising an endless conveyor belt with a support structure forming an infeed end and an opposite end and where an endless conveyor belt having a conveying surface extends between the infeed end and the opposite end so as to form an upper run and a lower run with the conveying surface facing up at the upper run and down at the lower run,
- wherein one or more curve guide elements are arranged for guiding at least a part of a stretch of the upper run of the endless conveyor belt to extend laterally from one side of the support structure and the lower run of the endless conveyor belt, wherein the endless conveyor belt is deflected in a direction lateral relative to a direction extending between the infeed end and the opposite end, and also to the support structure and the lower run by the one or more curve guide elements to provide a clockwise or anticlockwise turn along the upper run.
A method of conveying items by a conveyor system comprising an endless belt conveyor with a support structure forming an infeed end and an opposite end and an endless conveyor belt having a conveying surface that extends between the infeed end and the opposite end so as to form an upper run and a lower run with the conveying surface facing up at the upper run and down at the lower run,
- conveying items by a first stretch of said upper run of the endless conveyor belt;
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- guiding at least part of a stretch of the upper run of the endless conveyor belt in a direction lateral relative to a direction extending between the infeed end and the opposite end, and also to the support structure and the lower run by one or more curve guide elements to provide a clockwise or anticlockwise turn along the upper run.
A conveyor system comprising an endless conveyor belt with a support structure forming an infeed end and an opposite end and where an endless conveyor belt having a conveying surface extends between the infeed end and the opposite end so as to form an upper run and a lower run with the conveying surface facing up at the upper run and down at the lower run;
- wherein one or more curve guide elements are arranged for guiding at least a part of a stretch of the upper run of the endless conveyor belt to extend laterally from one side of the support structure and the lower run of the endless conveyor belt;
- wherein the part of the stretch of the upper run is supported by a cantilever construction extending substantially horizontally from said one side of the support structure;
- wherein the cantilever construction comprises one or more cantilever plate elements extending horizontally from the one side of the support structure;
- wherein at least a part of the cantilever construction is removably attached to the support structure;
- wherein at least a part of the cantilever construction is attached to the support structure via one or more hinges allowing that said part of the cantilever construction to be rotated upwardly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.