Conveyor system for the conveying of goods items

US10829320B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BEUMER GROUP GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventor

• Andreas Werner · Königstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 25, 2019
• Grant date: Nov 10, 2020
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2814/0358
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Conveyor system for the conveying of goods items, with at least one transport container for accommodating a goods item and a controlled, drivable and movable, driverless transport unit for accommodating and conveying a transport container; where the transport unit comprises a discharge device for unloading a goods item, situated on the accommodated transport container, from the transport container and a retaining mechanism for establishing a detachable connection between the transport container and the transport unit, by means of which the transport container is to be held on the transport unit.