Transport apparatus for textile packages

US5906266A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• W. Schlafhorst AG & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Helmut Bungter · Viersen, DE
• Stefan Bungter · Wegberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 7, 1997
• Grant date: May 25, 1999
• Expiry date: Aug 7, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2701/31
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for transporting textile packages in a transport direction along an elongate package supporting surface comprises a guide track extending beneath the elongate supporting surface, an elongated thrust element slidable on the guide track, and an elongated lift element superposed on the thrust element for elevational movement toward and away therefrom via connecting pivot rods. A stop device on the thrust element limits the elevational movement of the lift element between a lowered position disposed beneath the elongate supporting surface and a raised position disposed at a higher elevation than the elongate supporting surface for displacing textile packages off the elongate supporting surface. A drive actuates elevational movement of the lift element and displaces the lift and thrust elements as a unit along the guide track when the lift element is in the raised position for transporting the textile packages displaced by the raised lift element.