Roller chain guide arrangement
AssigneeEduard Kusters
InventorKarl-Heinz Ahrweiler
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Abstract
In an arrangement in which a group of roller chains packed closely together, side by side, in a manner in which they can advance independently of each other, with the chains advancing parallel to each other in common plane in one area and the chains leaving the common plane at one point and thereafter following separate paths and then coming together again at an entry point for the common plane, guides are provided to prevent adjacent roller chains from running up on to each other as they return to the common plane.
Claims5
In apparatus in which a group of roller chains are disposed, packed closely together, side by side, and in such a manner that they can advance independently of each other, the group being disposed to advance in one area parallel to each other in a common plane, with at least some of the roller chains leaving the common plane at one point and re-entering the plane again, the improvement comprising guide means disposed so as to separate any chain which has left the common plane by a predetermined spacing from chains adjacent thereto before re-entering the common plane, and convergence means following said guide means for urging the chains transversely together until said roller chains reach close proximity at the point where said chains reenter said common plane.
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