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US 2018/0127215 A1Published application
Continuous conveyor
AssigneeAxmann Foerdersysteme GmbH
InventorNorbert AXMANN
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Abstract
A continuous conveyor is used as a sorting apparatus, for example, and includes a drive element that is guided over at least two drums and pulls a plurality of carriages. Entrainment of the carriages is implemented using permanent magnets, which are preferably disposed on the drive element, and the pulling force of which is transferred to the carriages using drivers affixed to them.
Claims18
A continuous container comprising:
- (a) first and second drums;
- (b) a drive element that circulates over the first and second drums, said drive element having a tension belt side and an outer side forcing away from the first and second drums;
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- (c) a plurality of carriages pulled by the tension belt side of the drive element, said carriages having a bottom side;
- wherein on the outer side, the drive element has longitudinally distributed first magnetic action devices;
- and
- wherein on the bottom side, the carriages have second magnetic action devices that interact with the first magnetic action devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.