Patent ID: 6446786
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: B21D,B23Q

Abstract:
A centering device for material conveyed on a conveyor system, comprising:parallel guide components oriented toward a center line of the conveyor system, guide tracks on the guide components, an endless traction element threaded to and fro around said guide components, pusher elements disposed on opposite sides of the conveyor system such that the pusher elements can be moved to and fro perpendicular to the center line of the conveyor system, said pusher elements including slides which can be moved along the guide tracks on the guide components and which are each connected with the strands of the traction element which are moved in the same direction, and said pusher elements each comprise at least two stoppers disposed on the slides, such that said stoppers are driven in the same direction, a cylinder drivingly connected with one of the slides for positioning said one of the slides at rest in an adjustable position, an adjusting slide which is in contact with the cylinder and which can be moved along the guide track of one of the guide components, a spindle which extends parallel to said one of the guide components, and a motor which rotates the spindle to move the adjusting slide.