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US 12,077,387 B2Granted
Conveyor system
AssigneeFerag AG
InventorRoberto Fenile
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InventorRoberto Fenile
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A conveyor system for conveying articles, which conveyor system includes a transport device for transporting articles along a predefined path. The transport device includes at least one running rail and at least one running carriage which is attachable to the running rail. The running carriage is configured to run in a conveying direction (F) along the running rail and to convey at least one article. The conveyor system furthermore includes a drivable carrier device which is arranged at least in regions along the running rail and is intended for carrying along the running carriage of the transport device. The carrier device includes at least one carrier element with a freely rotatable carrier roller, wherein the freely rotatable carrier roller can be brought into engagement (E) with the running carriage in order to carry along the running carriage along the running rail.
A conveyor system (1) for conveying articles, including a transport device (11) for transporting articles along a predefined path, the transport device comprising:
A carrier device (12) for carrying along a running carriage (112) of a transport device (11), which transport device (11), for transporting articles along a predefined path, includes at least one running rail (111) and at least one running carriage (112) which is attachable to the running rail (111) and is configured to run in a conveying direction (F) along the running rail (111) and to convey at least one article, wherein the carrier device (12) is drivable and is arranged at least in regions along the running rail (111) and, in order to carry along the running carriage (112) of the transport device (11), includes at least one carrier element (121) with a freely rotatable carrier roller (122), wherein the freely rotatable carrier roller (122) can be brought into engagement (E) with the running carriage (112) in order to carry along the running carriage (112) along the running rail (111), wherein in a non-blocked state of the running carriage (112) the freely rotatable carrier roller (122) is configured to carry along the running carriage (112), and in a blocked state of the running carriage (112) is configured to be partially deformed and roll over the engagement element (1121) of the running carriage (112) without carrying along the running carriage (112).
A method for conveying articles along a conveying direction (F), including the following steps
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