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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1993
Hugo V De Vries, Ermelo, NL;
Elten Systems B.V., Barneveld, NL;
Abstract
A walking beam conveyor is described, comprising a static support for the objects to be conveyed, a back and forth drivable conveyor beam which may cooperate with a lifting and lowering device consisting of a plurality of separate mechanisms, and a support for the lifting and lowering mechanisms. According to the invention each lifting and lowering mechanism (3) consists of a free rotatable roller (26), which is continuously in contact with the conveyor beam (2) having at least one support member (28), and of a roller support (9) which is provided with at least one inclined running surface (18) for the free rotatable roller and with at least one bearing surface (19, 20) for the support member at both ends of the inclined running surface.