Conveying carriage for a distributing conveyor and connecting arrangement for fastening a conveying carriage to a drive means of a distributing conveyor
AssigneesGebhardt Foerdertechnik GmbH, Koerber Supply Chain GmbH
InventorsMarco Gebhardt, Halit Demir
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Abstract
A conveying carriage for a distributing conveyor, in particular a crossbelt sorter, which is configured to be conveyed along at least one guide element of the distributing conveyor in a conveying direction, includes a connecting arrangement for connecting the conveying carriage to a drive means of the distributing conveyor. With regard to a maximum freedom of movement of the conveying carriage relative to the drive means of the distributing conveyor, it is provided that the connecting arrangement has an articulated bearing.
Claims9
A conveying carriage for a distributing conveyor, wherein the conveying carriage is configured to be conveyed along at least one guide element of the distributing conveyor in a conveying direction, the conveying carriage comprising:
- a connecting arrangement for connecting the conveying carriage to a drive means of the distributing conveyor, wherein:
- the connecting arrangement has an articulated bearing,
- the articulated bearing is seated with an articulated bearing inner ring on a slide bolt that is at least indirectly fixedly connected to the conveying carriage,
- the articulated bearing has lateral play on the slide bolt, and
- the connecting arrangement is configured such that, in a neutral position of the articulated bearing on the slide bolt, a central axis of the conveying carriage, a central axis of the articulated bearing, and a neutral axis of the drive means of the distributing conveyor are aligned with one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.