Modular feeder
AssigneeZehnder & Sommer AG
InventorsErich Lohner, Urs Fankhauser
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Abstract
A feeder for conveying a workpiece, in particular strip material, in a conveying direction, comprises at least one first pair of side support modules; a base support module arranged between the side support modules; and at least one conveying module; wherein the side support modules are detachably connected to the base support module transversely to the conveying direction to form a U-shaped support structure of the feeder along the conveying direction; wherein the conveying module is arranged on the support structure movably in the conveying direction.
Claims4
A feeder for conveying a workpiece, in particular strip material, in a conveying direction, comprising:
- at least one first pair of side support modules;
- a base support module arranged between the side support modules;
- and
- at least one conveying module;
- wherein the side support modules are detachably connected to the base support module transversely to the conveying direction to form a U-shaped support structure of the feeder along the conveying direction;
- wherein the conveying module is movably arranged on the support structure in the conveying direction,
- wherein the side support modules are elongated and substantially define a U-shaped profile with legs of different lengths, wherein the smaller leg of each side support module is substantially flush with the base support module.
A feeder for conveying a workpiece, in particular strip material, in a conveying direction, comprising:
- at least one first pair of side support modules;
- a base support module arranged between the side support modules;
- and
- at least one conveying module;
- wherein the side support modules are detachably connected to the base support module transversely to the conveying direction to form a U-shaped support structure of the feeder along the conveying direction;
- wherein the conveying module is movably arranged on the support structure in the conveying direction, wherein the base support module has second mounting means arranged in pairs along the conveying direction,
- wherein the feeder comprises at least one drive unit received in the support structure and configured to move the conveying module, wherein the second mounting means of the base support module are arranged such that the drive unit can be detachably connected to the base support module at variable positions along the conveying direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.