Transporting device, vacuum arrangement, transporting roller and method

US10710809B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VON ARDENNE Asset GmbH & Co KG · DE

Inventors

• Torsten Dsaak · Dresden, DE
• Thomas Meyer · Dresden, DE
• Michael Hofmann · Taufkirchen, DE
• Matthias Smolke · Leipzig, DE
• Jan Kircheis · Rabenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 2018
• Grant date: Jul 14, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 13, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2207/22
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

According to various embodiments, a transporting device may comprise: a plurality of transporting rollers, of which at least two transporting rollers comprises: a glass tube mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation; the glass tube being joined together from a plurality of tube segments, a first tube segment of which is arranged between two second tube segments; and the first tube segment having a plurality of portions, the circumferential surfaces of which are surfaces of rotation with respect to the axis of rotation and/or are arranged coaxially; the plurality of transporting rollers providing by means of the circumferential surfaces a transporting surface for transporting a substrate in plate form and/or in strip form.