Contact protection apparatus for covering a pinching gap adjacent to a roller

US11440738B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Wipotec GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Kay-Eric Schmidt · Mehlingen, DE
• Markus Walter · Wertheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 9, 2021
• Grant date: Sep 13, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 9, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2812/02108
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A contact protection structure can be positioned on a belt body to prevent a pinching gap, where the belt body presents a conveyor belt deflected by a roller, and where a roller holder supporting the roller and attachable to the belt body also supports the contact protection structure.