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Conveying wheel and conveying system

US9688484B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KHS GmbH · DE

Inventors

Sebastian Kamps · Goch, DE
Thomas Nitsch · Kleve, DE
Stefan Van Heukelum · Kranenburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 20, 2014
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 20, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65G47/082
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for use in a conveying system having carriages guided on a guide of a first conveying segment, each of which has a wheel catcher that includes a conveying wheel having carriage catching areas, each of which is associated with one of several entrainers disposed along a periphery of the conveying wheel. Each entrainer has a carriage-catching surface that faces the rotation direction and that cooperates with a wheel catcher on a carriage. The entrainers are all independently controllable.

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