US 7,604,448 B2 · Apparatus and transport container for transport and controlled discharge of a load

Abstract

An apparatus for transport and controlled discharge of a load has a frame with a guide for a series of displaceable transport containers, a drive unit for carrying the containers in an endless track, a resetting device for placing a container in a starting position and discharge station for selectively relieving a container of a load. The containers have an at least partially movable carrying panel for receiving the load thereon, including a tray which can be operated selectively between a transporting and discharge positions. The guide provides on either side of the containers a support surface on which the containers support with free-running wheels. On at least one side of the containers the support surface displays a convexity in a direction transversely of the transport direction with an apex on which a running surface of at least one wheel is received.

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Dependent claims

Apparatus for transport and controlled discharge of a load, comprising:

a frame with a guide for a series of displaceable transport containers,
a drive means for carrying the transport containers in an endless path, and
a resetting device for placing a transport container in a starting position and a discharge station for selectively receiving a load of a transport container,
wherein the transport containers are provided with an at least partially movable carrying panel for receiving of the load thereon, the carrying panel comprising a tray that is operated selectively between an upwardly facing transporting position and a downwardly depending discharge position,
wherein the guide includes on both sides of the transport containers a support surface on which free-running castor wheels of the transport containers are upwardly supported, and
wherein on at least one of the sides of the transport containers the support surface comprises an upwardly protruding convexity in a direction transversely of a transport direction of the transport containers for receiving thereon a running surface of at least one of the wheels of the transport containers.

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Apparatus for transport and controlled discharge of a load, comprising:

a frame with a guide for a series of displaceable transport containers,
a drive means for carrying the transport containers in an endless path, the transport containers being coupled to the drive means with first coupling members,
a resetting device for placing a transport container in a starting position and a discharge station for selectively receiving a load of a transport container,
wherein the transport containers are provided with an at least partially movable carrying panel for receiving of the load thereon, the carrying panel comprising a tray that is operated selectively between a transporting position and a discharge position,
wherein between successive transport containers there are provided second coupling members spaced from said first coupling members and from said drive means and which, at least in a straight part of the path, mutually co-act in order to engage the successive transport containers, and
wherein the second coupling members disengage from each other when the successive transport containers spread apart in a bend of the path whereas the successive transport containers stay coupled to the drive means with the first coupling members, and
wherein the drive means follows the endless path.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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