Endless conveyors for the horizontal rotary conveyance of objects
AssigneeW. & M. Automation Karl Muller
InventorsBruno Jacksch, Karl Muller
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Abstract
An endless conveyor having two adjacent, aligned, parallel chain loops each having two rectilinear portions. Between the loops and entrained by friction are suspended carrier members for carrying objects along the two rectilinear conveying tracks defined by the chains. A latching device comprising a spring-loaded, U-shaped member which wedges between spaced chain links thereby preventing sliding of the carrier members at the loop ends is provided to allow passage from one track to the other.
Claims10
An endless conveyor comprising an endless chain forming a loop having two substantially rectilinear portions extending between two curvilinear portions;
- means for driving said endless chain;
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- a plurality of carriers on said chain, each being slidably mounted on said chain and frictionally transported thereby over said rectilinear portions;
- each carrier being provided with means including a spring-loaded unitary member for wedging between spaced apart links of said chain as said carrier passes from a rectilinear portion to a curvilinear portion of said chain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.