Transport module for flat items
AssigneeFrancotyp-Postalia GmbH
InventorWolfgang Muhl
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Abstract
A transport module for flat items comprising at least one transport element borne in a transport element carrier having a drive shaft is designed for installation in a station of an item processing system and, after installation, is borne rotatably around an axis of the drive shaft. It is one of multiple transport modules of an identical design. The transport element has, on one side, a lower friction coefficient than on the other side of an equator and is driven by the drive shaft via transmission means of the transport module. The transport element carrier carries the transmission means of the transport module and has a spring assembly allowing it to be shifted in the direction of gravity and contrary to it.
Claims10
Transport module for flat items comprising:
- a plurality of transport modules designed for installation in a station of an item processing systems, each transport module having an equal design;
- each transport module having at least one transport element mounted in a transport element carrier having a drive shaft;
- each transport element having an equator that divides a surface of the transport element into first and second sides, with said surface of said transport element having a lower friction coefficient on the first side than on the second side, and each transport element being driven by the drive shaft via a transmission of the respective transport module;
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- the transport element carrier having a spring assembly that allows shifting of the respective transport element carrier in and contrary to the direction of gravity and that carries the transmission of the transport module, the installed transport module rotatably around an axis of the drive shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.