Conveyor comprising a curve

US8037995B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Marco Willi · Wetzikon, CH
• Boris Buesing · Stuttgart, DE
• Hans-Peter Buttau · Kaufbeuren, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 2009
• Grant date: Oct 18, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 18, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G47/766
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A conveyor includes at least one workpiece carrier, a drive provided for the workpiece carrier and defining a plane of conveyance; an inner guide and an outer guide having a curved outer guide section and defining a conveyor track for the workpiece carrier; the inner guide includes a curved inner guide section that is assigned to the curved outer guide section. The convexly curved inner guide section is situated such that it is offset radially inwardly relative to the curved outer guide section and opposite an imagined tangential extension of a first and a second straight inner guide section.