Patent ID: 8631924
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. Conveying device for objects, comprising a frame provided with a series of carriers that are movable in a conveying direction, the carriers being aligned parallel to each other with a certain gap and transverse to the conveying direction, wherein at least some of the carriers bear pusher shoes that are shiftable along said carriers through the gap, wherein the gap between successive carriers is at least partly bridged by gap closure means, designed such that a pusher shoe can run through the gap relatively unhindered, while an object other than a pusher shoe is prevented from falling into the gap, and wherein the gap closure means deviate in the plane formed by the carrier surfaces from a closed position to an opened position when a pusher shoe passes the gap closure means, thereby temporarily opening the gap, and move back into their closed position after passage of the pusher shoe.