Transporting system with a floor conveyor device guided on guide rails

US5450797A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mannesmann AG · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Becker · Wetter, DE
• Rudiger Ostholt · Wetter, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 1993
• Grant date: Sep 19, 1995
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E01B25/28
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A transporting system including, guide rails which laterally define a travel path that has branches, a floor conveyor vehicle which is guided by the guide rails and has two longitudinal sides, a pair of guide rollers which are arranged at each of the longitudinal sides of the vehicle so as to engage with the guide rails at least on one side, the pair of guide rollers including inner and outer guide rollers. A switching mechanism is provided for changing the travel path within a branch. The switching mechanism being arranged at the vehicle and including a swivel drive for the outer guide rollers of the pair of guide rollers. The outer guide rollers are supported on the vehicle so as to be swivelable between a guidance position, in which the inner and outer guide rollers engage with the guide rail, and an open position in which the outer guide rollers release the guide rail.