Rolling conveyor with a drive assembly

US7882945B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Marco Willi · Wetzikon, CH
• Volker Porzer · Baltmannsweiler, DE
• Hans-Peter Buttau · Kaufbeuren, DE
• Peter Ludwig · Tübingen, DE
• Uwe Lindemann · Holzgerlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 29, 2009
• Grant date: Feb 8, 2011
• Expiry date: May 16, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G47/263
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A rolling conveyor has a plurality of feed rollers that define a conveyor surface, in which the feed rollers are joined on their end regions rotatably to a first and a second bearing assembly, at least some of the feed rollers on the second bearing assembly each have a first drive wheel, which is in rotary drive communication each with one second drive wheel, the second drive wheels are located on a rotatable drive shaft, with which they are in rotary drive communication, wherein the drive shaft is joined rotatably to a third bearing assembly, which is embodied separately from the first and second bearing assemblies, so that a drive shaft assembly comprising the drive shaft and the associated third bearing assemblies is joined as a unit detachably to the rolling conveyor.