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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Khs Gmbh, Dortmund, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KHS GmbH, Dortmund, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 35/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/86 (2006.01); B65G 35/06 (2006.01); B65G 17/32 (2006.01); B65G 47/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/847 (2013.01); B65G 17/32 (2013.01); B65G 35/06 (2013.01); B65G 47/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for use in a conveying system having carriages guided on a guide of a first conveying segment, each of which has a wheel catcher that includes a conveying wheel having carriage catching areas, each of which is associated with one of several entrainers disposed along a periphery of the conveying wheel. Each entrainer has a carriage-catching surface that faces the rotation direction and that cooperates with a wheel catcher on a carriage. The entrainers are all independently controllable.