Conveyor device with transport cassette
AssigneeWipotec GmbH
InventorEugen Stumpf
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Abstract
A conveyor device includes a frame with side parts aligned in a longitudinal direction and at least two transverse parts extending in a transverse direction. A drive roller is mounted in a stationary and rotatable manner on the frame with a drive roller axis extending in the transverse direction. One or more removable transport cassettes are inserted into the frame, each transport cassette having at least one return element extending in the transverse direction. One or more endless belt conveyors circulate around the drive roller, the at least two transverse parts and the one or more transport cassettes.
Claims19
A conveyor device for conveying products in a longitudinal direction, the conveyor device including:
- (a) a frame with frame side parts aligned in the longitudinal direction and at least two frame transverse parts extending in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction so that a width of the frame is essentially determined by the length of the frame transverse parts;
- (b) a drive roller located on the frame, the rotational axis of the drive roller extending in the transverse direction and having a drive roller length extending essentially the entire width of the frame;
- (c) a transport cassette inserted into a transport cassette mounted position on the frame in which the transport cassette is fixed in place relative to the frame in the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction;
- (d) the transport cassette having a transport cassette return element that extends in the transverse direction when the transport cassette is in the transport cassette mounted position;
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- (e) an endless conveyor positioned on the frame and transport cassette in an endless conveyor operating position to revolve around the drive roller, the frame transverse parts, and the transport cassette return element.
A transport cassette for use in a conveyor device for conveying products in a longitudinal direction, the conveyor device including,
- (i) a frame with frame side parts aligned in the longitudinal direction and at least two frame transverse parts extending in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction so that a width of the frame is essentially determined by the length of the frame transverse parts;
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- (ii) a drive roller located on the frame, the rotational axis of the drive roller extending in the transverse direction and the drive roller having a drive roller length extending essentially the entire width of the frame;
- the transport cassette including:
- (a) two cassette outer side parts that are aligned in the longitudinal direction when the transport cassette is inserted in a transport cassette mounted position in the frame in which the transport cassette is fixed in place relative to the frame in the longitudinal direction and transverse direction;
- (b) a transport cassette return element that extends in the transverse direction when the transport cassette is in the transport cassette mounted position;
- (c) at least one transport cassette spacer part which determines a spacing for the two cassette outer side parts in the transverse direction;
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- (d) stop features adapted to abut one of the at least two frame transverse parts when the transport cassette is in the transport cassette mounted position on the frame, the abutment preventing movement of the transport cassette in the longitudinal direction toward an end of the frame at which the drive roller is located.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.