Conveyor for conveying hanging objects
US9205992B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 2014 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G2201/0229
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A conveyor for conveying hanging objects has a first rail profile with an upper track and a another track arranged below the upper track, a conveyor chain movable in the first track, holding adapters for holding objects to be conveyed, wherein the holding adapters can be coupled and decoupled from the conveyor chain during movement of the conveyor chain, the first rail profile having a sorting section with a separation unit and a switch following in conveying direction, the second track in the region of the sorting section being configured as downward slope in conveying direction, in which the distance between the upper track and the other track increases so that the holding adapters and the conveyor chain are decoupled from each other, wherein the separation unit and the switch are arranged in a region of the sorting section at which the holding adapters are decoupled from the conveyor chain.
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