公开(公告)号：US09457960B2

公开(公告)日：2016-10-04

申请号：US14427372

申请日：2013-09-13

申请人： REXNORD FLATTOP EUROPE S.R.I.

发明人： Andrea Andreoli

IPC分类号： B65G21/20 ,  B65G23/14 ,  B65G17/08

CPC分类号： B65G23/14 ,  B65G17/086 ,  B65G21/20 ,  E05B17/10

摘要： An apparatus for assisting the movement of a transport chain (105, 405) in correspondence of a curve of a transport path of an articles conveyor (100, 400) is proposed. The transport chain comprises a plurality of modules (120i−1, 120i, 120i+1; 420i−1, 420i, 420i+1); each module being coupled to adjacent modules in order to form a loop. Moreover, top surfaces (122; 422) of the coupled modules define a transport surface (124; 424) for supporting the articles to be transported and a side surface (315; 540) define a chain side surface of the chain. The apparatus comprises at least one auxiliary chain (135, 435) arranged in a curvilinear running region (130, 430) corresponding to the transport path curve. In the solution according to an embodiment of the present invention, said auxiliary chain comprises a plurality of contact elements (235, 535). Each contact element is adapted to laterally adhere to the transport chain, part of said plurality of contact elements simultaneously laterally adhering to a portion of said chain running trough the curved portion, in such a way to determine a same running speed for the transport chain and the auxiliary chain.

摘要翻译： 提出了一种用于协助运输链条（105,405）与物品输送机（100,400）的输送路径的曲线对应的运动的装置。 传输链包括多个模块（120i-1,120i，120i + 1; 420i-1,420i，420i + 1）; 每个模块耦合到相邻的模块以便形成一个环路。 此外，耦合模块的顶表面（122; 422）限定用于支撑要运输的物品的传送表面（124; 424），并且侧表面（315; 540）限定链条的链条侧表面。 该装置包括布置在对应于传送路径曲线的曲线运行区域（130,430）中的至少一个辅助链条（135,435）。 在根据本发明的实施例的解决方案中，所述辅助链包括多个接触元件（235,535）。 每个接触元件适于横向地粘附到输送链上，所述多个接触元件的一部分同时横向地粘附到沿着弯曲部分运行的所述链条的一部分，以便确定运输链的相同运行速度， 辅助链。