Apparatus for conveying flat goods one side of which bears a liquid layer
US4505375A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 12, 1982 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K13/0061
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for conveying flat goods having one face covered with a liquid layer comprises two roller trains for, respectively, delivering the goods to and removing the goods from, a generally vertically orbiting chain having a first group of fork-shaped carriers attached thereto, and at least one generally horizontally conveyed, parallelogram-guided, fork-shaped carrier. The rollers of the roller trains are supported each only at one of its roller ends. The carriers of the first group have prongs which pass through gaps between adjacent rollers of the roller trains. Likewise, the prongs of one of the two carrier systems (the first group and the horizontally conveyed carrier or carriers) pass through gaps between adjacent prongs of the other system. The two carrier systems are driven from a common motor (variable drive). The arrangement and kinematics is such that the horizontally conveyed fork overtakes each fork of the first group shortly before and after the latter carrier passes through an upper direction-reversing, preferably arcuate stretch.
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