Patent ID: 9434546
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: B65G

Claim Text:
1. An end drive for a conveyor, said end drive comprising: a conveying track guiding a conveying part of a modular conveyor mat, said conveying track defining a bend segment having an inner side and an outer side; a return guide extending at a distance along the conveying part for return guidance of a return part of the conveyor mat: and a gear drive located between the conveying track and the return guide driving said conveyor mat through said conveying track and return guide wherein the gear drive drives the conveyor mat only in an area corresponding to the outer side of the bend segment where successive modules of the conveyor mat are substantially at pitch, and leaves the conveyor mat free in an area corresponding to the inner side of the bend segment where successive modules of the conveyor mat are at least partly slid into each other, and that the return guide comprises a guiding envelope, linking up with the gear drive and extending along successive rows of modules, in which movement of the return part of the conveyor mat both sideways in the plane of the conveyor mat and transversely to the conveying plane is limited.