Wf Logistik Gmbh

Rolf Peter Beyer

A screw conveyor for the transport of, for example, pieces of clothing hanging on clothes hangers, comprises a screw shaft train () which may be rotated about the shaft axis () thereof, with a transport groove system (), machined into the outer surface thereof along the shaft axis () in the form of a screw. The clothes hangers may be hung in the transport groove system (), using the hanger hooks () thereof and axially transported by rotation of the screw shaft train (). According to the invention, the transport groove system () comprises at least one primary transport groove (), from which a secondary transport groove (), preceding the primary transport groove () in relation to the transport direction () of the goods for transport, branches at a branching position (). The embodiment of the primary transport groove () and the secondary transport groove () is set, particularly with regard to the slope profile thereof, such that clothes hangers () free of crossovers, which approach the branching position () in the primary transport groove (), pass the branching point () without leaving the primary transport groove (). A sensor arrangement () is provided on the screw shaft train () for recognition of clothes hangers () with a cross-over, which is also embodied to monitor the secondary transport groove () for clothes hangers () transported therein.

Screw conveyor for the transport of goods hanging from hanger supports

The invention relates to a deflecting arrangement having a first deflecting element ( ) for deflecting conveyable-article carriers ( ), and having a second deflecting element ( ) for deflecting an endless drive belt ( ) for driving the conveyable-article carriers ( ) in an overhead conveying arrangement, the deflecting arrangement ( &prime;) forming one of two deflecting stations around which the endless drive belt ( ), which is driven for movement, runs as a loop, and the endless drive belt ( ) being guided along the route region from deflecting station to deflecting station for carrying along conveyable-article carriers along the conveying route of the overhead conveying arrangement. For the purpose of adjusting the tensioning of the drive belt ( ), the second deflecting element ( ) is arranged on a mount ( ) such that it can be displaced relative to the first deflecting element ( ).

Return device

The invention proposes a conveying apparatus with a three-dimensionally movable receiving conveyor for receiving conveyable-article carriers ( ) from a suspended conveyor in which the conveyable-article carriers ( ) are guided on a running-roller guide profile for movement along a first conveying section ( ) and are supported in a suspended manner on own running rollers ( ). The receiving conveyor has a series of receiving elements ( ) which are arranged one after the other on a drive chain ( ), are moved by the chain ( ) along a second conveying section ( ) and are intended for the conveyable-article carriers ( ), it being the case that, at a receiving location, the conveying sections ( ) run closely adjacent, and the receiving elements ( ) are guided such that they execute a lifting movement in order for conveyable-article carriers ( ), which are fed to the receiving location ( ) from the suspended conveying apparatus in each case, to be engaged at engagement means ( ), which project from said conveyable-article carriers, for the purpose of being carried along the second conveying section ( ).

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Buchloe, Germany

Rolf Peter Beyer