Patent ID: 6782997
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A deflecting device for a conveyor which has a continuous conveyor chain driven by a drive device in a conveyor track, and at least one profiled element and deflecting devices, in which each of said at least one profiled element comprises a first guide for the motion of the chain in the direction of a deflecting device and a second guide for the motion of the chain away from the deflecting device, and the deflecting device has a third guide configured on a pair of mutually opposing wall elements and actively connectable to said first and second guides and comprising a part which reverses the motional direction of the chain, said part which reverses the motional direction of the chain having a pair of fixtures on both sides of the conveyor chain and forming an integral part with the said wall elements, and snap-in guide elements on said fixture.