Patent ID: 8434613
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A chain conveyor system for conveying magnetically attractive articles by attracting and retaining the articles on a loading surface of a conveyor chain by magnetism, comprising said conveyor chain, sprocket means, and an article-separating means, the conveyor chain being formed in a loop having a conveying run terminating in a curved end trained around said sprocket means; said conveyor chain comprising; said sprocket means being wrapped by and engaged with the conveyor chain to form said curved end of said loop at the end of the conveying run, said article-separating means comprising, a member concentric with said sprocket means and including on the outer circumferential parts thereof, article-separating magnet pieces for separating the articles attracted by the synthetic resin link modules by attracting the article-attracting magnet pieces within said magnet-piece-storing chambers in the synthetic resin link modules that are wrapped around the sprocket means from the outer circumferential side to the inner circumferential side of the chain within the magnet-piece-storing chambers.