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AssigneeAmmeraal International B.V.
InventorsJacob Frank de Geus, Jacobus Gertrudus M. Paardekooper, Hendrik Boele
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Disclosed is a conveyor system for conveying objects along a conveyor path. The system permits conveyance of objects along an inclined path and accumulation of objects. The system comprises a modular, plastic, endless conveyor belt comprising plastic modules linked by means of a connecting pin, accumulation elements for accumulating objects provided in at least some of the modules, and with drive means for driving the belt. Accumulation elements are driver members positionable beneath the conveyor belt's carrying section surface (accumulation position) or above the conveyor belt's carrying section surface (driving position), and a guidance system disposed beneath the driver member path for position driver members in driving position.
Conveyor system for conveying objects along a conveying path, which is suitable in particular for conveying the objects along an inclined conveyor path and for accumulating the objects, comprising a modular, plastic, endless conveyor belt, which conveyor belt comprises plastic modules which are linked to one another and have a carrying section for carrying the objects, each module being provided with a number of projections which are spaced apart from one another and extend in the conveying direction, as well as with a number of projections which are spaced apart from one another and extend in the opposite direction, each projection being provided with a transverse opening for accommodating a connecting pin, connecting pins which extend through the transverse openings of adjacent projections of linked-together modules, accumulation elements for allowing conveyed objects to accumulate, which accumulation elements are provided in at least some of the modules, as well as drive means for driving the conveyor belt, characterized in that the accumulation elements are driver members (13;
Conveyor system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the driver member (13) is a block shape with a slot-like transverse opening.
Conveyor system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the driver member is a U-shaped body, the limbs of which lie in the transverse direction of the conveyor belt, at a distance from one another, and vertical, slot-like transverse openings, through which a connecting pin projects, are provided in both limbs.
Conveyor system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the support surface (16) of a driver member (13) is bevelled upwards in order to retain an object.
Conveyor system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the support surface (16) of a driver member (13) is rounded downwards.
Conveyor system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the guidance system (49) comprises plastic guides along which the driver members (13;
Conveyor system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the modules (2, 3;
Modular, plastic, endless conveyor belt for use in the conveyor system for conveying objects along a conveying path according to one of the preceding claims, in which the conveyor belt comprises plastic modules which are linked to one another and have a carrying section for carrying the objects, each module being provided with a number of projections which are spaced apart from one another and extend in the conveying direction, as well as with a number of projections which are spaced apart from one another and extend in the opposite direction, each projection being provided with a transverse opening for accommodating a connecting pin, connecting pins which extend through the transverse openings of adjacent projections of linked-together modules, accumulation elements for allowing conveyed objects to accumulate, which accumulation elements are provided in at least some of the modules, characterized in that the accumulation elements are driver members (13;
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