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.
Claims17
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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.