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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2002
Braunmüller Walter, Kaufering, DE;
Lutsch Wilhelm, Landsberg, DE;
WF Logistik GmbH, Landsberg, DE;
Abstract
The invention proposes a suspension-type conveying arrangement in the case of which conveyable-article carriers ( ) are supported, by way of running rollers ( ) on guide rails ( ) for movement along a conveying route. Arranged on a drag chain/drive chain ( ) guided along the conveying route are driver elements ( ), preferably brush elements ( ), which can be moved between a driving position and a non-driving position. The invention proposes various concepts in order, in the case of a build-up of conveyable-article carriers ( ), to transfer the driver elements ( ) into the non-driving position, with the result that they act on the built-up conveyable-article carriers ( ) at most to a slight extent, if at all. In the driving position, it is possible for driver elements ( ) to act on the conveyable-article carriers ( ) in order to drive them along the conveying route.