Patent ID: 6405852
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
A transport device in a packaging machine, the device comprising:at least one first deflection pulley; at least one second deflection pulley disposed at a separation from said first deflection pulley; an endless belt guided on said first and said second deflection pulleys for circulation about said first and said second deflection pulleys; a plurality of bolts, each of said bolts disposed on said endless belt at a separation from a neighboring bolt, each of said bolts having a bolt axis extending in a direction substantially transverse to a longitudinal extension of said belt; a plurality of supporting devices mounted to an outside of said belt, each of said supporting devices having a first side mounted to one of said bolts for pivoting about said bolt axis thereof, each of said supporting devices having a second side opposite said first side and separated from said first side in a direction of said longitudinal extension of said belt; and a plurality of joint plates, each of said joint slates hinged to one of said supporting devices at said second side thereof for pivoting about a plate axis and hinged to a neighboring one of said supporting devices at said first side thereof for pivoting about a second axis, parallel to said plate axis.