Retaining element for retaining and conveying an object along a conveyor rail and suspended conveying system having a conveyor rail and such retaining elements

US11352212B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DÜRKOPP FÖRDERTECHNIK GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Wend · Bielefeld, DE
• Thomas Johannesmann · Bielefeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 12, 2021
• Grant date: Jun 7, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 12, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2201/0238
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A retaining element for retaining and conveying an object along a conveyor rail includes a carrier part having a width, including an entrainment element for the entrainment of the carrier part by a drive element and including a receiver for receiving the object to be conveyed, and a spacer lever which is pivotably articulated on the carrier part and which is displaceable between a resting position in which the spacer lever is arranged within the width of the carrier part and a working position in which the spacer lever protrudes in the width direction of the carrier part.