Patent ID: 6305295
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: B61B,B65G

Abstract:
A stopping device for a transport trolley guided along tracks, said transport trolley having driving wheels that cooperate with a driving axle, said driving wheels being pivotably connected to a rod pivotably connected to a first end of a first link and a first end of a second link, said second link being pivotably connected to said first link and having a contact wheel mounted on a second end thereof, wherein said stopping device comprises:a first lever including an ascending edge and a descending lateral edge longitudinally spaced along said first lever, said first lever further including a tip to define a transition between said ascending edge and said descending lateral edge;an acceleration lever connected at one end to said first lever and pivotably linked at another end to a fixed support; andan actuator linked to said first lever for moving said first and acceleration levers between operative and inoperative positions, wherein while in said operative position said ascending edge, said descending lateral edge and said tip are arranged to contact said contact wheel and as a result urge said first and second links to pivot to move said rod.