Transport device and method for controlling and monitoring the elongation of a transport device

US10538393B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KHS GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Wagner · Xanten, DE
• Andreas Linder · Röschenz, CH
• Dominik Thiesing · Hamminkeln, DE
• Thomas Lelie · Kleve, DE
• Josef Düpper · Kleve, DE
• Reinhard Wilzeck · Kleve, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 24, 2017
• Grant date: Jan 21, 2020
• Expiry date: May 24, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G43/04
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for transporting containers or packs of containers includes an endlessly circulating belt driven by a drive. A mark marks a position on the belt and a sensor detects the mark. A controller receives data from the drive's rotation-angle detector and from the sensor. It then uses this data to either determine an extent to which the belt has elongated or to control the drive.