Deflecting device for an elongate item
AssigneeSpringer Maschinenfabrik GmbH
InventorsFlorian Knapp, Julian Pötscher
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Abstract
A deflecting device for an elongate item, wherein the deflecting device has a receiving region, and wherein the receiving region is designed to receive the elongate item in cross transport on the input side and to discharge the elongate item in longitudinal transport on the output side. The deflecting device includes at least two belt-type conveyors in the longitudinal transport direction which are arranged at an angle relative to one another, wherein the at least two belt-type conveyors span the receiving region when the deflecting device is in an operating state.
Claims19
A deflecting device for an elongate item, comprising:
- a receiving region configured to receive the elongate item in cross transport on an input side and to discharge the elongate item in longitudinal transport on an output side;
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- at least two belt-type conveyors in a longitudinal transport direction arranged at an angle relative to one another, the at least two belt-type conveyors spanning the receiving region when the deflecting device is in an operating state;
- wherein at least one conveyor wheel is arranged on at least one of a first transverse side and a second transverse side of the deflecting device, the at least one conveyor wheel configured to contact the elongate item and accelerate the elongate item in a direction of conveyance;
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- wherein the elongate item is accelerated in the direction of conveyance by the at least one conveyor wheel upon transfer of the elongate item from cross transport to longitudinal transport.
A deflecting device for an elongate item, comprising:
- a receiving region configured to receive the elongate item in cross transport on an input side and to discharge the elongate item in longitudinal transport on an output side;
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- at least two belt-type conveyors in a longitudinal transport direction arranged at an angle relative to one another, the at least two belt-type conveyors spanning the receiving region when the deflecting device is in an operating state;
- wherein at least one conveyor wheel is arranged on at least one of a first transverse side and a second transverse side of the deflecting device, the at least one conveyor wheel configured to contact the elongate item and accelerate the elongate item in a direction of conveyance;
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- wherein:
- the at least two belt-type conveyors are locked when the deflecting device is in the operating state;
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- at least one belt-type conveyor from among the at least two belt-type conveyors is pivotable into a maintenance position when the deflecting device is in a maintenance state.
A sorting system comprising:
- a deflecting device for an elongate item, the deflecting device including:
- a receiving region configured to receive the elongate item in cross transport on an input side and to discharge the elongate item in longitudinal transport on an output side;
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- at least two belt-type conveyors in the longitudinal transport direction which are arranged at an angle relative to one another, the at least two belt-type conveyors spanning the receiving region when the deflecting device is in an operating state;
- wherein at least one conveyor wheel is arranged on at least one of a first transverse side and a second transverse side of the deflecting device, the at least one conveyor wheel configured to contact the elongate item and accelerate the elongate item in a direction of conveyance;
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- wherein the elongate item is accelerated in the direction of conveyance by the at least one conveyor wheel upon transfer of the elongate item from cross transport to longitudinal transport.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.