Conveying device comprising a packages carrier

US6752258B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. · CH

Inventors

• Werner Ludwig · Darmstadt, DE
• Josef Stannek · Pfungstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 17, 2003
• Grant date: Jun 22, 2004
• Expiry date: Jan 17, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2201/0247
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a device for intermittently conveying packages which are conveyed in a first moving direction in package carriers (2) in a first processing plane in positions underneath various treatment stations and are conveyed back in a second return motion plane in a second moving direction that is parallel in relation to the first moving direction, whereby a conveying cycle is formed. The aim of the invention is to enable such a device to be efficient, compact and be operated using simple devices. According to the invention, the respectively superimposed ends of the essentially horizontal first conveyor (19) in the first processing plane and of the essentially horizontal third conveyor (12) in the second return motion plane are connected to one another for forming the conveying cycle by means of vertically acting second and fourth lifting conveyors (9, 15). Each conveyor (9, 19, 12, 15) has a separate drive (22-24). A third loading plane is arranged between the first processing plane and the second return motion plane. The three planes are arranged in an essentially horizontal manner. Each package carrier (2) is constructed in an even manner and is held in a horizontal position b…