Transport device in the form of a long-stator linear motor having a turnaround portion

US10618750B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• B&R Industrial Automation GmbH · AT

Inventors

• Michael Brucker · Vöcklabruck, AT
• Stefan Huber · Traunwalchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 2018
• Grant date: Apr 14, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2811/0668
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Transport device having a transport route, with a turnaround portion to change orientation of a transport unit by 180° in the longitudinal direction along the transport route, including a turnaround portion with an entrance connected to a first transport route portion by a first entrance end and a second, open entrance end, and an exit connected to a second transport route portion by a first exit end and a second, open exit end. A common movement path is formed at least in some portions in a region of a first transfer position, and the transport unit is movable along the path. To be turned around, the transport unit is moved to the entrance of the turnaround portion, transferred from the entrance to the exit of the turnaround portion, and moved from the exit of the turnaround portion.