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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Johann Lochbrunner, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Assignee:
Grob-Werke GmbH & Co. KG, Mindelheim, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1983701 ; 198779 ;
Abstract
A conveyor track for pallets, in particular for pallets which transport workpieces, comprises a primary conveyor track (2) and a secondary conveyor track (21). A pallet (1.0) is driven along the primary conveyor track (2) by firs drive means and along the secondary conveyor track by second drive means. The transfer operation between the two drive means is carried out by the second drive means automatically lifting the pallet (10) from the first drive means and transporting it on.