Transport and gathering system
US6260690A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2701/1912
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A modular transport and gathering system used for moving a material to be fed (250) in a direction of transport and comprising a plurality of transport modules (A, B) having input-side and output-side end sections. Each transport module (A, B) includes a transport means in the form of an endless means (100, 110) guided over a front and a rear roll (104, 108, 114, 116), a drive (210, 212, 210', 212') for driving the transport means, and a plurality of pusher means (102) attached to the endless means at predetermined intervals, wherein said plurality of transport modules (A, B) is arranged relative to one another in such a way that a respective input-side end section of a first transport module (A) and a respective output-side end section of a second transport module (B) define an overlapping area (200) in which, over part of the length of said overlapping area (200), a respective pusher means (102) of the transport modules (A, B) defining said overlapping area (200) engages a material to be fed (250') that is to be transported, and wherein the pusher means (102) engaging the material to be fed (250') and belonging to the rear transport module (A) in the direction of transport is gui…
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