Conveying apparatus and conveying method for goods
AssigneeDürkopp Fördertechnik GmbH
InventorsSigurd Völker, Dirk Sieksmeier, Markus Merten, Axel Kleinekathöfer, Pascal Rehm
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Abstract
A conveying apparatus for goods comprises at least one goods source which provides the goods by means of conveyor containers, a plurality of goods sinks to which the goods are conveyed, and an endless conveyor which connects the at least one goods source and the goods sinks in terms of conveying technology and has a first conveyor strand and a second conveyor strand which follows the first conveyor strand along a goods conveying direction in the endless conveyor, wherein only the first conveyor strand has a fixed conveyor container entrainment.
Claims28
A conveying apparatus for goods comprising:
- at least one source of goods configured to provide goods via conveyor containers;
- a plurality of sinks;
- and
- an endless conveyor coupling the at least one source of goods and the plurality of sinks, the endless conveyor including a first conveyor strand and a second conveyor strand following the first conveyor strand along a goods conveying direction, wherein only the first conveyor strand has a fixed conveyor container entrainment, and wherein the second conveyor strand is built without a fixed conveyor container entrainment such that the conveyor containers and the conveyor container entrainment are decoupled along the second conveyor strand.
A conveying method for goods, the method comprising:
- providing goods via conveyor containers at at least one source of goods;
- and
- conveying goods along a goods conveying direction to one sink of a plurality of sinks via a closed endless conveyor having a first conveyor strand and a second conveyor strand following the first conveyor strand in a goods conveying direction, wherein goods are conveyed only along the first conveyor strand with fixed conveyor container entrainment, and wherein the goods are accumulated in the second conveyor strand.
A conveying apparatus for goods comprising:
- at least one source of goods configured to provide goods via conveyor containers;
- a plurality of sinks;
- and
- an endless conveyor coupling the at least one source of goods and the plurality of sinks, the endless conveyor including a first conveyor strand and a second conveyor strand following the first conveyor strand along a goods conveying direction, wherein only the first conveyor strand has a fixed conveyor container entrainment, and wherein the second conveyor strand is in the form of an accumulation conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.