Patent ID: 9457960
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: B65G,E05B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for assisting the movement of a transport chain in correspondence of a curve of a transport path of an articles conveyor, the transport chain including a plurality of modules each module being coupled to adjacent modules in order to form a loop, and wherein top surfaces of the coupled modules define a transport surface for supporting articles to be transported and a side surface define a chain side surface of the chain, said apparatus comprising: at least one auxiliary chain arranged in a curvilinear running region corresponding to a transport path curve of an articles conveyor including a transport chain, said at least one auxiliary chain including a plurality of contact elements, each contact element being adapted to laterally contact to the transport chain, some of said plurality of contact elements simultaneously laterally contacting a portion of said at least one auxiliary chain running through the running region at a same running speed as the transport chain.