Automated storage systems, and devices
AssigneeOcado Innovation Limited
InventorWilhelm Johannisson
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Abstract
A drive belt assembly for a load handling device includes a drive belt; a drive wheel; and one or more driven wheels. A first tensioning arm, having a fixed end above an elbow and a rotatable distal end pivotally attached at the elbow, is horizontally displaceable relative to the drive wheel and driven wheels. A second tensioning arm is provided wherein the drive belt is routed around the first and second tensioning arms, and the first and second tensioning arms are arranged to put pressure on the drive belt to tension the drive belt.
Claims15
A drive belt assembly for a load handling device, the drive belt assembly comprising:
- a drive belt;
- a drive wheel;
- one or more driven wheels;
- and
- a tensioning means comprising:
- a first tensioning arm having a fixed end above an elbow and a rotatable distal end pivotally attached at the elbow, wherein the first tensioning arm is horizontally displaceable relative to the drive wheel and the one or more driven wheels;
- and
- a second tensioning arm, wherein the drive belt is routed around the first and second tensioning arms, the first and second tensioning arms being arranged to put pressure on the drive belt to tension the drive belt,
- wherein the one or more driven wheels are movable in a vertical direction between raised and lowered configurations, relative to the drive wheel, and
- wherein the tensioning means has respective configurations corresponding to the one or more driven wheels being in raised and lowered configurations, and the tensioning means is moveable therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.