Apparatus and transport container for transport and controlled discharge of a load
US7604448B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 15, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 20, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G2201/0288
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for transport and controlled discharge of a load has a frame with a guide for a series of displaceable transport containers, a drive unit for carrying the containers in an endless track, a resetting device for placing a container in a starting position and discharge station for selectively relieving a container of a load. The containers have an at least partially movable carrying panel for receiving the load thereon, including a tray which can be operated selectively between a transporting and discharge positions. The guide provides on either side of the containers a support surface on which the containers support with free-running wheels. On at least one side of the containers the support surface displays a convexity in a direction transversely of the transport direction with an apex on which a running surface of at least one wheel is received.
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