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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2000
Mannesman AG, Dusseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A separating conveyor for transferring unit loads, in particular air luggage, from a conveyor belt ( ) to at least one adjacent branching conveyor, has traveling undercarriages ( ) arranged one after the other in the transport direction (F), movable along a guiding rail ( ) and interconnected by driven traction means ( ) to form an endless revolving chain, and tilting arms ( ) arranged on the undercarriages ( ), a coupling rod ( ) being joined to each tilting arm ( ) outside of its axis ( ) to ensure the tilting movement of the tiling arms ( ). In order to ensure the rotation of the tilting arms ( ) about the axis ( ) over a switchable switching element ( ), the guiding roller ( ) can be deflected into a tilting rail ( ) vertically offset in relation to the guiding rail ( ). The switching rail ( ) can be swiveled by a cam gear in the manner of a Maltese cross having a driven pin disk ( ) oriented transversely to the transport direction and which engages with a pin ( ) a slot ( ) in a slotted disk ( ). A connection rod ( ) is mounted on the slotted disk ( ) for converting the rotary movement of the slotted disk ( ) into an up and down movement of the switching rail ( ).