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Conveyor installation for hanging items

US8561787B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3Claims

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Assignee

DÜRKOPP FÖRDERTECHNIK GMBH · DE

Inventors

Michael Wend · Bielefeld, DE
Paul Janzen · Bielefeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 4, 2011
Grant date	Oct 22, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 1, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65G2201/0229
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A conveyor installation for conveying and accumulating hanging items comprises a drive chain which is mounted to a guide rail, and retaining members which are mounted on rollers below the drive chain. The retaining members—together with the items to be transported which are suspended therefrom—are conveyed by the drive chain in a direction of conveyance and, if required, stopped and accumulated by means of a stopping device, with the drive connection being released between the drive chain and the retaining members by displacing the drive chain upwards due to a particular design of coupling members arranged on the lower side of the drive chain.

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