Veit Gmbh & Co.

Rsl Logistik Gmbh & Co.

Walter Kunze

Robby Enderlein

Rolf Schonenberger

Werner Bergmeier

Johann Roby

Alfred Hess

A suspension conveyor system includes a conveyor adapted to be moved along a conveying path predetermined by a rail. The conveyor is driven by an elongated flexible conveyor element having arranged thereon at least one driver, which projects into the conveying path and which pushes the conveyor in response to a driving movement of the conveyor element. In order to improve the pushing function in a structurally simple manner, the driver is constructed as a plastic component comprising a holding member, which is to be connected to the conveyor element in an essentially rigid manner, and a driving finger arranged on the holding member, so that it is elastic in the direction of transport and adapted to be moved in the conveying path by the conveyor element.

Suspension conveyor system

A carrier devices is described for an overhead suspension transport system. The device has an angular carrier member with a first arm pivotally mounting a hanger bracket which is adapted to be supported on a rail system by means of rollers. A second arm extends in a substantially upright orientation, at least in its used position, and releasably supports, at vertically spaced positions, a plurality of rods for supporting goods to be conveyed. Each of the rods extends through a bore in the second arm to be lockably retained in the bore by one of its end portions, and it is constructed so that, when it is extracted from the bore, the end portion is extracted first. Each of the bores extends substantially parallel to the first arm.

Carrier device for an overhead suspension transport system

The invention relates to a carrier structure for a suspension conveyor system, provided with load-bearing shelves mounted for adjustment between a horizontal carrying position and a space-saving storage position. It is intended to improve a carrier structure of this type so that in the carrying configuration the goods to be conveyed are prevented from dropping down, while still permitting the carrier structure to be readily converted to a storage configuration in which it requires little space. A carrier structure satisfying these requirements comprises a rear wall, sidewalls hingedly connected thereto, load-bearing shelves hingedly connected to the rear wall so as to fold flat thereagainst, and adapted to be supported by the sidewalls in a horizontal position, and suspension means connected to upper portions of the sidewalls in spaced relationship to the rear wall and mounted at a variable spacing relative to one another and to a carrier bar so as to permit the angular position of the sidewalls relative to the rear wall to be varied between a parallel folded position and a substantially right-angle position. In the storage configuration the carrier structure thus forms a substantially flat package. In the carrying configuration, each load-bearing shelf is surrounded by walls on three sides whereby the goods to be conveyed are substantially prevented from dropping down. The folding operation from one configuration to the other is made possible in a simple manner by varying the distance between the suspension means. In a preferred embodiment this variation of distance is accomplished in a simple manner by shifting eyelets along a rod.

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Augsburg, Germany

Walter Kunze