Conveyor installation comprising carrier bags for material to be transported

US8607963B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DUERKOPP FOERDERTECHNIK GMBH · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 6, 2011
• Grant date: Dec 17, 2013
• Expiry date: Jun 12, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G47/61
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A conveyor installation comprises carrier bags for material to be transported, wherein the carrier bags are suspended from carrier dogs which are moved in a transport rail in a transport direction. At a loading and unloading station, the carrier bags are rotatable from their transport position, which is transverse to the transport direction, into a position which points in the transport direction, wherein an upper loading opening is opened at the same time. Backwards rotation of the carrier bags is caused by the force of gravity.