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US 2012/0055757 A1Published application
Conveyor System
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsMatthias Wahl, Martin Seger, Johann Huttner
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AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsMatthias Wahl, Martin Seger, Johann Huttner
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A conveyor system having at least one variable capacity storage for a bottle treatment machine at least two guides running laterally adjacent and at least one transfer guide are provided for a bottle carrier chain of curve-going coupled bottle carriers, with runs of the bottle carrier chain being transferable from one guide to the adjacent guide via the transfer guide are drivable along the guides. Each of the guides comprises at least one continuous tension member drivable by at least one conveyor drive of the conveyor system, and a respective run of the bottle carrier chain is arranged a certain distance along a tension member, guided there by the tension member and by means of automatically releasable and engageable positive fit and/or magnetically engaging couplings in the area of the transfer guide is driven by the tension member.
Conveyor system, comprising at least one variable capacity storage, at least two guides running laterally adjacent and at least one transfer guide for a bottle carrier chain of curve-going coupled bottle carriers, the runs of the bottle carrier chain being transferable from one of the guides to one of the adjacent guides via the transfer guide and are drivable along the at least two guides of the at least two guides comprising a continuous tension member drivable by at least one conveyor drive of the conveyor system, and a respective run of the bottle carrier chain along a certain distance of a tension member is guided by the tension member and is drivable in contact with the tension member by means of one of multiple positive-fit couplings, magnetically engaging couplings, and a combination thereof, which in the area of the transfer guide are automatically releasable and engageable.
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