Patent ID: 9533830
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B65G

Claim:
1. A workpiece conveying device for transportation of workpieces, comprising: a conveyor chain for conveying workpiece carriers by transmitting friction forces; and a U-shaped guide track for guiding and supporting the conveyor chain and the workpiece carriers; wherein support surfaces of the device extend next to the U-shaped guide track and the workpiece carriers are supported with guide rollers on said support surfaces, wherein each of the workpiece carriers are equipped with a front and a rear carriage which are each provided with an adjustable entrainer for engagement into a U-shaped cut-out, wherein the adjustable entrainers for the workpiece carriers are designed via a foot part with an adjustable contact force to overcome sliding friction, wherein the adjustable entrainers with the foot part each have a display device for visualizing a set contact force, and wherein the display devices for visualizing the set contact force in the entrainers display a value for one or more of a set path, a set force or a set pressure.