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Tensible return unit for apron conveyor

US9598241B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 15, 2013
Grant dateMar 21, 2017
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21F13/06
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A reversing station of an apron conveyor is disclosed. The reversing station may have a machine frame including a base having a recess. The reversing station may also have a slide construction movable relative to the machine frame by means of an adjusting device and having a guide base displaceably guided in the recess. The reversing station may have a chain wheel fastened to the slide construction. The reversing station may also have guide elements fastened to a front region of the guide base of the slide construction and cooperating with guide rails fixedly fastened to the base of the machine frame. The reversing station may have a fixing device mountable to a front region of the slide construction. The chain wheel may be disposed on the slide construction in a middle portion between a stop for the adjusting device and the front region of the guide base.

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