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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2003
Werner Ludwig, Darmstadt-Wixhausen, DE;
Josef Stannek, Pfungstadt, DE;
Abstract
Disclosed is a device for intermittently conveying packages which are conveyed in a first moving direction in package carriers ( ) in a first processing plane in positions underneath various treatment stations and are conveyed back in a second return motion plane in a second moving direction that is parallel in relation to the first moving direction, whereby a conveying cycle is formed. The aim of the invention is to enable such a device to be efficient, compact and be operated using simple devices. According to the invention, the respectively superimposed ends of the essentially horizontal first conveyor ( ) in the first processing plane and of the essentially horizontal third conveyor ( ) in the second return motion plane are connected to one another for forming the conveying cycle by means of vertically acting second and fourth lifting conveyors ( ). Each conveyor ( ) has a separate drive ( ). A third loading plane is arranged between the first processing plane and the second return motion plane. The three planes are arranged in an essentially horizontal manner. Each package carrier ( ) is constructed in an even manner and is held in a horizontal position by means of the conveyor cycle. Means for loading and unloading the packages into and/or from the package carriers ( ) are provided in the region of the third loading plane in a loading direction which is parallel in relation to the first moving direction of the packages.