Patent ID: 9278811
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: B65G

Claim Text:
1. A transport apparatus with an endless transport member, which is guided circulating in a conveying direction via a plurality of rotating return rollers, there being formed between a first return roller and a second return roller a transport section in which articles to be conveyed can be picked up and transported by the transport member, characterised in that the first return roller has a convex outer lateral surface with a diameter that reduces outwards from a central plane arranged perpendicularly to an axis of rotation of the first return roller, and the second return roller has a concave outer lateral surface with a diameter that increases outwards from a central plane arranged perpendicularly to an axis axis of rotation of the second return roller, wherein the transport member has a constant width (B) and the width (B) is at least 150% of an axial spacing (a) between the first and second return rollers.