Patent ID: 9027743
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B65G,F27B,F27D

Abstract:
1. A device for changing a pallet car in a plant for the treatment of bulk materials, the plant having pallet cars that are continuously conveyed by using a lifting wheel and a lowering wheel on an outer rail and an inner rail in an endless chain, wherein, in a region of a bottom strand of the lifting wheel, a first outer curve link of the outer rail is openable such that the pallet car is removable from the chain, and wherein, in a region of a top strand of the lifting wheel, a second outer curve link of the outer rail is openable such that the pallet car is insertable into the chain, the device comprising a removal switch disposed in the region of the bottom strand of the lifting wheel, via which the pallet car is movable out from the chain, and a supply switch disposed in the region of the top strand of the lifting wheel, via which the pallet car is insertable into the chain, wherein the removal switch includes a fixed switch configured to engage pressure rollers of the pallet car.