Conveyor device

A conveyor device (10;

• 10a), which comprises a conveyor means (12, 13;
• 42) that is coupled to a drive mechanism, said conveyor means rotates between two deflecting regions (39, 40), and is respectively comprised of chain elements (19) that are connected at adjacent ends to one another by means of joints (20), wherein between the deflecting regions (39, 40), on upper and lower path sections (34, 35), at least one guide (32, 33) for the chain elements (19) is respectively disposed, each chain element (19) has a guide element (31) that cooperates with the at least one guide (32, 33), the deflecting regions (39, 40) are embodied so that they are free of guide means, that in the deflecting regions (39, 40), at least one guide element (31) of two successive end-to-end chain elements (19) is disposed in an operative connection with the upper and lower guide (32, 33) said guide elements being spaced apart to receive therebetween said chain elements (20), that the drive mechanism engages with the conveyor means (12, 13;
• 42) simultaneously on the upper and lower path sections (34, 35), that drive elements (26, 27;
• 44) are embodied on the chain elements (19) and, together with the top side (28) of the chain element (19), respectively constitute a positively engaging receptacle (30) for an erected collapsible box (1), that conveying means (12, 13) includes at least two conveyor chains (15 to 18) disposed parallel to one another whereas the distances between the drive elements (26, 27) of the conveyor chains (15 to 18) are adjustable in order to adapt to different collapsible box formats, that the side faces of the conveyor chains (15 to 18) are embodied as smooth due to an overlapping of the individual chain links (15 to 18) that are oriented toward one another rest against one another in a sliding fashion.