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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ralph Schneider, Waiblingen, DE;
Karl Hinderer, Erdmannhausen, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart-Feuerbach, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1983453 ; 19834105 ; 19834107 ;
Abstract
A transporting system includes a conveyor; a workpiece carrier adapted to be advanced by the conveyor; and a monitoring apparatus for monitoring a presence or absence of the workpiece carrier in a predetermined zone of the conveyor. The monitoring apparatus has a switching element supported adjacent the conveyor and projecting at least partially into a path of the conveyor; and an arrangement for actuating the switching element independently of a direction of conveyance of the workpiece carrier.