Patent ID: 6070714
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A conveyor track for transporting piece goods comprising:two conveyors for carrying said piece goods extending approximately parallel to one another in a transporting direction of said piece goods and separated from one another by a distance;a driven endless toothed conveyor belt operatively disposed about one of said conveyors, said conveyor belt being substantially flat with teeth arranged on a side of said conveyor belt facing away from said piece goods wherein said conveyor belt comprises a web projecting from the toothed side of said conveyor belt and extending approximately parallel to said conveyor belt in the transporting direction;deflecting wheels disposed so as to guide said conveyor belt, said deflecting wheels including a driven deflecting wheel comprising a toothed disk and a non-driven deflecting wheel; andcarrying rollers disposed so as to support said conveyor belt and, as viewed in the transporting direction, successively arranged with one of said carrying rollers behind the other between said deflecting wheels, said carrying rollers carrying the web of the conveyor belt and having circumferential surfaces arranged opposite to the teeth of said conveyor belt and separated by a vertical distance from the teeth of said conveyor belt.