Curved conveyor section having guide rails with adjustable spacing
AssigneeNetra Systems
InventorsPascal Delaporte, Hervé Malvoisin, Fabien Laquay
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Abstract
A curved conveyor section allows the transport of articles guided between two guide rails, the spacing (e) between the two guide rails is adjustable. At least one of the two guide rails is elastically deformable, an adjustment assembly is designed to displace and deform the elastically deformable guide rail so as to provide it with a specific curvature which depends on its position. Preferably, the adjustment assembly includes, for each guide rail (7), a deforming plate (9, 9′) which is elastically deformable, and the guide rail (7) is rigidly secured to the deforming plate.
Claims20
Curved conveyor section for transporting articles guided between two guide rails and comprising means for adjusting the spacing between the two guide rails, characterised in that at least one of the two guide rails is elastically deformable, and in that the adjustment means have been designed to displace and deform this elastically deformable guide rail so as to provide it with a given curvature which depends on its position.
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