Patent ID: 9073698
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A transport section of a horizontal conveyor device for conveying articles, comprising: a transport support surface, the articles moved along in a standing or hanging position on the transport support surface extending in a horizontal conveying direction between two guide elements arranged approximately in parallel to each other and spaced from each other at a distance corresponding to at least the article or container width, wherein at least one of the two guide elements arranged facing each other is adjustable in its distance to the other of the guide elements and transverse to the conveying direction via several adjustment elements attached to a machine frame or base frame, the adjustment elements coupled with each other via a common rotary drive and being approximately synchronized, wherein each adjustment element transmits a rotatory drive of the common rotary drive via one or more transmissions to a linear adjustment movement of the guide element linked to the adjustment element; wherein at least one input with external teeth and a first number of teeth n1, said input being coupled with and rotatably drivable by the rotary drive, and at least one transmission device with external teeth and a second number of teeth n2, said transmission device being arranged downstream of the input and designed to intermesh comb-like with the input, wherein the transmission device has a second number of teeth n2 that is at least 1.5 times the number of teeth n1 of the input.