Endless conveyor for transporting roll containers
AssigneeStaat der Nederlanden (Staatsbedrijf der Posterijen, Telegrafie en Telefonie)
InventorJacobus P. E. H. Plugge
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Abstract
Endless conveyor for transporting roll containers of which two wheels are located on one fixed axis and the other wheels are swivelling. The supporting surface of the conveyor is at about the same height as the floor on which the containers can roll or be wheeled. In cross-section the supporting surface has the shape of a channel, in consequence of which the wheels on the fixed axis can be transversely fixed, so that their axes are placed lengthwise over the channel.
Claims8
Endless conveyor for transporting wheeled containers on a floor, said containers having two wheels located on one fixed horizontal axis and at least one swivable wheel, the supporting surface of the conveyor being at about the same height as the floor on which the containers are supported, said conveyor supporting surface, having a concave channel shaped cross-section, so that both of said two wheels with one fixed horizontal axis are supported on said surface.
A conveyor for moving roll containers over a floor, said containers each having at least three spaced supporting wheels, two of which wheels are mounted on the same fixed horizontal axis and the other of which wheels are mounted to freely swivel about vertical axes, said conveyor comprising:
- an equally segmented concave channel movable along and countersunk in a slot in said floor, and a universally flexible linear means movable along said slot below said floor connected to said segments of said channel, whereby said two wheels mounted on the same horizontal axis of said container are transversely seatable in said channel on adjacent ones of said segments for moving said container over said floor along said slot as said linear means moves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.