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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dag Heinrich, Penzberg, DE;
Gerhard Winklhofer, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1984871 ; 19880312 ; 198719 ;
Abstract
A conveyor apparatus having a conveyor chain and at least one supporting arm used for attaching thereto objects which are to be conveyed. The supporting arm has one of its ends connected to the conveyor chain via an overload protection means. The overload protection means has a tilting joint which is provided between the supporting arm and the conveyor chain and permitting reversible tilting of the supporting arm relative to the conveyor chain in response to a predetermined load. In the structural design of the conveyor apparatus the tilting joint is acted upon by a helical tension spring.