Magnet switch for a transport system

US11465859B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

• Hartmut Davidson · Zeitlarn, DE
• Thomas Kiendl · Maxhütte-Haidhof, DE
• Stefan Poeschl · Regensburg, DE
• Michael Neubauer · Neutraubling, DE
• Martin Kammerl · Hemau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 20, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 11, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 29, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H02K41/031
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a switch (1) of a transport system for a movable transport element (T), where the switch (1) comprises a main track (3) and a secondary track (4) branching off, where the movable transport element (T) can be guided from a transition region (2), in which the secondary track (4) branches off from the main track (3), optionally along the main track (3) or transferred into the secondary track (4), where one or more linear motor sections (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) are respectively provided at the main track (3) and the secondary track (4) for moving the movable transport element (T), where a normal force is present between the movable transport element (T) and the adjacent linear motor section or the adjacent linear motor sections (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d), characterized in that devices for altering the normal force are provided in the transition region. The invention also relates to a transport system comprising such a switch and a transport element for such a transport system.