Lifting device for a conveyor system a conveyor system and a method
AssigneeFlexLink Components AB
InventorGöran Abbestam
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Abstract
Lifting device (1) for a conveyer system, comprising a housing (2) and a lift head (14), where the lift head (14) is adapted to hold a pallet (5). The lifting device (1) comprises a linear actuator (10) attached to a lift (14), said linear actuator (109) is adapted to lift a pallet (5) from a first, low position at the conveyor track to a second, raised position that is substantially vertical above the first position. The application also refers to a conveyer system and a method for lifting objects.
Claims16
A lifting device for a conveyer system, comprising:
- a housing and a lift head, where the lift head is adapted to hold a pallet, where the lifting device is adapted to be mounted on one side of an endless drive chain without interrupting the drive chain,
- wherein the lifting device comprises a linear actuator attached to a lift head, where the lift head is mounted on top of the linear actuator, where the lift head is adapted to grip the pallet from one side, where said linear actuator is adapted to lift a pallet from a first, low position at the conveyor track in which the lift head is at the same level as the conveyor track to a second, raised position that is substantially vertical above the first position so that a second pallet can pass underneath the raised pallet.
A system comprising:
- a conveyor system including a lifting device including a housing and a lift head, where the lift head is adapted to hold a pallet, where the lifting device is adapted to be mounted on one side of an endless drive chain without interrupting the drive chain,
- wherein the lifting device comprises a linear actuator attached to a lift head, where the lift head is mounted on top of the linear actuator, where the lift head is adapted to grip the pallet from one side, where said linear actuator is adapted to lift a pallet from a first, low position at the conveyor track in which the lift head is at the same level as the conveyor track to a second, raised position that is substantially vertical above the first position so that a second pallet can pass underneath the raised pallet.
A method for lifting objects which are conveyed along a conveying track comprising an endless conveyor chain and guide rails, the lifting objects being conveyed on pallets, the method comprising:
- stopping a first pallet at a predefined position at a first lifting device, where the lifting device comprises a lift head mounted on top of the lifting device;
- fixating the pallet to the lifting device by clamping the pallet between a support plate and a clamping plate;
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- raising the pallet from a first, low position at the conveyor track in which the lift head is at the same level as the conveyor track, to a second, raised position that is substantially vertical above the first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.