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Conveyor for containers

US9862547B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KHS GmbH · DE

Inventors

Martin Backhaus · Paderborn, DE
Berthold Paroth · Dortmund, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2014
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 31, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65G43/00
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A multi-track conveyor for transporting containers includes two transport elements adjacent to one another to form a common transport surface on which the containers stand upright on their container bases. Each transport element has a dedicated electric drive motor. The drive motors are external-rotor motors with an internal stator connected in a torsion-resistant manner to a machine frame and with an external rotor, which forms an offset drive driving the respective transport element. The drive motors of at least two transport elements are coaxial with their motor axles oriented perpendicular to the transport direction. The stators of which are connected via a common support in a rotation-resistant manner to the machine frame.

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