Conveying chain for a conveying device
AssigneeFerag AG
InventorBeat Studer
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Abstract
A chain link of a conveying chain, containing a base body with a first end region which comprises a first coupling section for the articulated connection to a coupling section of a first adjacent chain link, and with a second end region which comprises a second coupling section for the articulated connection to a coupling section of a second adjacent chain link. The base body comprises an intermediate region lying between the two end regions and includes a body section with bending-elastic characteristics, which is designed such that the first end region is elastically bendable relative to the second end region out of the longitudinal direction of the base body.
Claims19
A chain link of a conveying chain, comprising:
- a base body with a first end region which comprises a first coupling section for articulated connection to a coupling section of a first, adjacent chain link, and with a second end region which comprises a second coupling section for articulated connection to a coupling section of a second, adjacent chain link,
- wherein the base body comprises an intermediate region which lies between the first and second end regions and which comprises an elastically deformable body section,
- wherein the elastically deformable body section:
- is designed in an elastically bendable manner such that the first end region, relative to the second end region, is bendable out of the longitudinal direction of the base body, and/or
- is designed in an elastically twistable manner such that the first end region, relative to the second end region, is twistable about the longitudinal direction of the base body.
A conveying chain, comprising:
- a plurality of chain links which are arranged one after another and are articulately connected to one another in the longitudinal direction of the chain links via joint connections,
- wherein the chain links each comprise a first end region with a first coupling section and a second end region with a second coupling section, and the chain links are articulately connected to one another via coupling sections, and
- wherein at least one chain link comprises an intermediate region which lies between the end first and second regions and which comprises an elastically deformable body section, wherein the elastically deformable body section:
- is designed in an elastically bendable manner such that the first end region, relative to the second end region, is bendable out of the longitudinal direction of the base body, and/or
- is designed in an elastically twistable manner such that the first end region, relative to the second end region, is twistable about the longitudinal direction of the base body.
A chain link base body of a chain link, comprising:
- a first end region which comprises a first coupling section for articulated connection to a coupling section of a first adjacent chain link, and with a second end region which comprises a second coupling section for articulated connection to a coupling section of a second, adjacent chain link,
- wherein the base body comprises an intermediate region which lies between the first and second end regions and which comprises an elastically deformable body section, wherein the elastically deformable body section:
- is designed in an elastically bendable manner such that the first end region, relative to the second end region, is bendable out of the longitudinal direction of the base body, and/or
- is designed in an elastically twistable manner such that the first end region, relative to the second end region, is twistable about the longitudinal direction of the base body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.