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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2013
Sidel Participations, Octeville sur Mer, FR;
Yoann Lahogue, Octevillle sur Mer, FR;
Laurent Danel, Octeville sur Mer, FR;
Damien Cirette, Octeville sur Mer, FR;
Caroline Bellec, Octeville sur Mer, FR;
Franck Santais, Octeville sur Mer, FR;
Isabelle Maillot, Octeville sur Mer, FR;
Guy Feuilloley, Octeville sur Mer, FR;
Sidel Participations, Octeville sur Mer, FR;
Abstract
Conveyor for transporting articles such as a chain conveyor that can be changed between a stretched configuration and a compact configuration, the chain being formed from a plurality of articulated links. Each link includes a trolley provided with lateral guide mechanism cooperating with a track defining a predetermined trajectory, a support carrying a nozzle for the releasable attachment of an article, the support mounted rotatably with respect to the trolley between a straight position corresponding to the deployed configuration of the chain, and an oblique position, corresponding to the compact position of the chain and in which the support is inclined with respect to the straight position; and an actuator coupled to the support, capable of driving the support in rotation from its straight position to its oblique position, and reciprocally.