Conveyor for transporting load carriers

A conveyor for transporting load carriers, in particular standardized pallets, skids or containers, said conveyor comprising:

• frame parts which stand on the floor and on which are arranged load-bearing members which are spaced apart parallel to one another and are intended for accommodating drivable load-bearing elements which form longitudinally running load-bearing tracks for the load carriers on the load-bearing elements;
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• modular-construction conveying units, said conveying units being at least one or mechanically connected and electrically connected so that said conveying units are joined as a functional conveyor assembly, each load-bearing element of at least two laterally spaced-apart load-bearing members of each conveyor unit comprising an endlessly circulating load-bearing belt, said load bearing belt bearing the load carriers and being supported on a plurality of spaced apart load-bearing rollers, which are mounted on the load-bearing members, with a gap between respective adjacent pairs of said rollers, and which circulate in the conveying direction, said gap between said rollers being less than the dimension of a diameter of one of said rollers, each load-bearing member comprising a load-bearing profile and a bar, which is positioned in an exchangeable manner on the load-bearing profile and in which the load-bearing rollers for the load-bearing belt are mounted, the load-bearing profile being open at least on one of its longitudinal sides, characterized in that the load-bearing profile of each load-bearing member is cross-sectionally C-shaped, and fastened on the load-bearing profile are two vertical metal plates which are spaced apart parallel to one another in the longitudinal direction and between which the load-bearing rollers for the load-bearing belts are mounted.

A conveyor for transporting load carriers, in particular standardized pallets, skids or containers, said conveyor comprising:

• frame parts which stand on the floor and on which are arranged load-bearing members which are spaced apart parallel to one another and are intended for accommodating drivable load-bearing elements which form longitudinally running load-bearing racks for the load carriers on the load-bearing elements;
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• modular-construction conveying units, said conveying units being at least one of mechanically connected and electrically connected so that said conveying units are joined as a functional conveyor assembly, each load-bearing element of at least two laterally spaced-apart load-bearing members of each conveyor unit comprising an endlessly circulating load-bearing belt, said load bearing belt bearing the load carriers and being supported on a plurality of spaced apart load-bearing rollers, which are mounted on the load-bearing members, with a gap between respective adjacent pairs of said rollers, and which circulate in the conveying direction, said gap between said rollers being less than the dimension of a diameter of one of said rollers, in order to form three load-bearing tracks, each conveyor unit contains three loading-bearing members with load-bearing elements, of which at least the two outer load-bearing elements have load-bearing, belts supported on load-bearing rollers characterized in that, of three load-beating tracks, only the load-bearing elements of the central load-bearing track are driven.

A conveyor for transporting load carriers, in particular standardized pallets, skids or containers, said conveyor comprising:

• frame parts which stand on the floor and on which are arranged load-bearing members which are spaced apart parallel to one another and are intended for accommodating drivable load-bearing elements which form longitudinally running load-bearing tracks for the load carriers on the load-bearing elements;
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• modular-construction conveying units, said conveying units being at least one of mechanically connected and electrically connected so that said conveying units are joined as a functional conveyor assembly, each load-bearing element of at least two laterally spaced-apart load-bearing members of each conveyor unit comprising an endlessly circulating load-bearing belt, said load bearing belt bearing the load carriers and being supported a plurality of spaced apart load-bearing rollers, which are mounted on the load-bearing members, with a gap between respective adjacent pairs of said rollers, and which circulate in the conveying direction, said gap between said rollers being less than the dimension of a diameter of one of said rollers, characterized in that the drive for a load-bearing element comprises a prefabricated drive station which is screwed onto the load-bearing profile in the end region and has an integrated motor, gear mechanism and drive chain or belt and a driving gearwheel, which is mounted in a floating manner, about which the load-beating belt is deflected, and the top of which is arranged in the loud-bearing plane of the load-bearing rollers.