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US 7,478,722 B2Granted
System for transporting coat hangers
OwnerFranz Gärtnerinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system for transporting coat hangers employing a conveyor screw capable of being driven about its longitudinal axis by a driving system. The conveyor screw is adapted to convey, in a direction of transport, hook coat hangers to be transported. The driving system is coupled to the front end of the conveyor screw, as regarded in the direction of transport.
Claims23
A system for transporting coat hangers which comprises:
- a slide pole which has a window-like opening in a region of one lateral surface, spaced a short distance from a free end in a direction of transport, which opening extends across part of a lateral surface and part of a bottom surface of said slide pole,
- a conveyor screw which has a front end adjacent said slide pole and which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis to transport coat hangers along said conveyor screw in said direction of transport and onto the slide pole, and
- a driving system for rotating said conveyor screw, said driving system including a drive transmission unit mounted in said slide pole and coupled to said front end of said conveyor screw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.