Patent ID: 9598240
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B65G

Claim:
1. Conveyor device ( 10 ) for the transport of goods, comprising individual modules ( 12 ) which form in their entirety a conveyor line ( 14 ) and each have a circulating belt ( 20 ) circulating between a start section ( 16 ) of a respective module ( 12 ) and an end section ( 18 ) of the respective module ( 12 ), characterized in that the individual modules ( 12 ) are coupled together and able to swivel against each other so that the conveyor line ( 14 ) is adjustable in length by swiveling of the individual modules ( 12 ), wherein the circulating belt ( 20 ) runs around a deflection ( 22 ) in the start section ( 16 ) and a deflection ( 24 ) in the end section ( 18 ), and each individual module ( 12 ) is covered by the circulating belt ( 20 ) in the lengthwise direction so that each individual module ( 12 ) individually forms a belt conveyor, and wherein several of the individual modules ( 12 ) are arranged alongside each other transversely to the lengthwise dimension of the conveyor line ( 14 ) and staggered in the lengthwise direction of the conveyor line ( 14 ).