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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:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel Rees, Zurich, CH;
Assignee:
Inmara AG, Pfaffikon, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/726 ; B65G 2/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/726 ; B65G 2/108 ;
Abstract
A conveying apparatus for workpieces during a manufacturing procedure has a fixed guide track and a guide track having a variable geometry. The variable guide track includes a plurality of sections movable relative to the fixed guide track. The displacement of the movable sections of the variable guide track alters the distance between carriers arranged on a continuous conveyor chain in the region in which workpieces are transferred from a feed belt to a discharge belt.