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Apparatus for movable separating elements, a drive assembly and a separating element

US7578096B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 13, 2003
Grant dateAug 25, 2009
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/18808
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for operating an optionally rotatable and parkable divider element which may be displaced in a linear and/or curved manner, fixed to at least two running gears, provided with support rollers which run in a running track, of which at least the first running gear is provided with a drive shaft arranged in a direction perpendicular to the running direction thereof, by means of which a drive wheel may be rotated which engages in a toothed element arranged along an inner wall of the running track. According to the invention, the first running gear is provided with an electric motor, arranged between the support rollers, the motor shaft of which is fixed to the drive shaft.

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