Transport system
AssigneeCooper Power Tools GmbH & Co.
InventorsOtto Mayer, Klaus Wohlfarth
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Abstract
A transport system includes at least one product carrier which is adapted to be moved along a slide way by means of a linear motor drive unit comprising a primary part and a secondary part. In order to improve the transport system in such a way that basically any number of product carriers can be moved along the slide way independently of one another and can be used in a versatile manner for transporting different types of products or workpieces, the product carrier is provided with a substantially flat base plate for transporting objects, the base plate having associated therewith the primary part, and the slide way having associated therewith the secondary part.
Claims22
A transport systems comprising:
- a slide way extending along a substantial portion of a production line;
- at least one product carrier adapted to be moved along said slide way by means of a linear drive unit;
- a primary part functioning as a stator of the linear motor;
- a secondary part functioning as a reaction member of the linear motor;
- wherein the product carrier is provided with a substantially flat base plate for transporting objects;
- wherein that the primary part is arranged on a vehicle and the slide way has associated therewith the secondary part, said vehicle being adapted to be coupled to the base plate so as to move in unison therewith;
- said vehicle moveable along said slide way independently of said base plate when not coupled to said base plate.
A transport system including at least one Product carrier which is adapted to be moved along a slide way by means of a linear motor drive unit comprising:
- a primary part;
- a secondary part;
- wherein the product carrier is provided with a substantially flat base plate for transporting objects;
- wherein that the primary part is arranged on a vehicle and the slide way has associated therewith the secondary part, said vehicle being adapted to be coupled to the base plate;
- wherein the vehicle is adapted to be moved along a separate vehicle slide way extending below the base plate;
- wherein the slide way is formed by a Pair of slide rails held in spaced relationship with one another by a plurality of support sections set up substantially vertically on a foundation;
- wherein a cover section is arranged between the support sections;
- and wherein the vehicle slide way is formed in the cover section;
- wherein the vehicle slide way is implemented in the cover section as a substantially U-shaped slide-way groove which is open at the top in the direction of the base plate;
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- a releasable coupling means arranged between the vehicle and the base plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.