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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2019
Multivac Marking & Inspection Gmbh & Co. KG, Enger, DE;
Arthur Treise, Herford, DE;
MULTIVAC MARKING & INSPECTION GMBH & CO. KG, Enger, DE;
Abstract
An endless conveyor device comprises a conveyor unit having at least one endless conveyor, which is configured to convey items; a drive roller assembly, which is drivable by a drive belt and configured to drive the endless conveyor and has a support element; a deflecting roller assembly and an intermediate body, disposed between the drive roller assembly and the deflecting roller assembly, as well as between a conveying strand and a return strand of the endless conveyor. The endless conveyor device further comprises a drive unit comprising the drive belt, a motor and a support device, which is configured to engage with the support element. The drive belt is relaxable by pivoting the conveyor unit relative to the drive unit about a rotation axis of the drive roller assembly in a first direction. A method for removing a conveyor unit from an endless conveyor device is also provided.