Patent ID: 6736255
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A conveyor system for feeding parts (2) to a chain assembling unit, comprising a track system (1) transporting said parts (2), and a feed device (3) loading said track system (1) with said parts (2), said track system (1) comprising at least two loading tracks (4) which are loadable by said feed device (3) with parts (2), and feed tracks (5) which pass said parts (2) onwards to said chain assembling unit and communicate with at least one corresponding loading track (4), the number of said feed tracks (5) being smaller than the number of said loading tracks (4), and at least one of said feed tracks (5) being selectively connectable to at least one other corresponding loading track (4) for conveying said parts (2), and a shunt device (13) being provided between said loading tracks (4) and said feed tracks (5) for selectively connecting at least one specific loading track (4) to at least one specific feed track (5), characterized in that said shunt device (13) comprises a channel system whose inlets (14) communicate with a respective loading track (4) and whose at least one outlet (19) communicates with a respective feed track (5), and that at least two inlet channels (14) meet each other at at least one channel crossing (16, 18) and are continued as a joint outlet channel (19), and the shunt device (13) has slider elements (23) which, for disabling or enabling an inlet channel (14) and/or a loading track (4), are movable into and removable from said channel and or track.