Device for pivoting a pivotable module out of the path of a conveyor belt
AssigneeLicentia Patent-Verwaltungs-G.m.b.H.
InventorSiegmar Malow
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for pivoting a pivotable module out of the path of a conveyor belt. The device is composed of a coupling triangle whose corner points are pivotally arranged in such a manner that one corner point is pivotally disposed at the pivotable module and the other two corner points are pivotally arranged at the piston rods of actuating cylinders. The housings of the actuating cylinders constitute the fixing points for the pivoting movement of the coupling triangle. The pivoting movement of the coupling triangle is effected in that only one cylinder is actuated and the other cylinder remains in its withdrawn or extended state to act as a rod.
Claims6
A device for pivoting a pivotable conveyor belt module comprising:
- a coupling triangle having three corner points arranged to be pivotable such that one corner point is arranged to be pivotable at the pivotable module and the other two corner points are arranged to be pivotable at respective piston rods of respective actuation cylinders, with each of the actuation cylinders having a respective housing which forms a respective fixing point for the pivoting movement of the coupling triangle;
- and springs disposed on the piston rods of the respective actuating cylinders such that, during the pivoting movement, the springs of one cylinder provide support for the pivoting movement while the springs of the other cylinder provide for attenuation in an end position of the respective piston rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.