Patent ID: 6957736
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A conveyor for transporting load carriers, in particular standardized pallets, skids or containers, said conveyor comprising: frame parts which stand on the floor and on which are arranged load-bearing members which are spaced apart parallel to one another and are intended for accommodating drivable load-bearing elements which form longitudinally running load-bearing tracks for the load carriers on the load-bearing elements; and modular-construction conveying units, said conveying units being at least one of mechanically connected and electrically connected so that said conveying units are joined as a functional conveyor assembly, each load-bearing element of at least two laterally spaced-apart load-bearing members of each conveyor unit comprising an endlessly circulating load-bearing belt, said load bearing bell bearing the load carriers and being supported on a plurality of spaced apart load-bearing rollers, which are mounted on the load-bearing members, with a gap between respective adjacent pairs of said rollers, and which circulate in the conveying direction, said gap between said rollers being less than the dimension of a diameter of one of said rollers, each load-bearing member comprising a load-bearing profile and a bar, which is positioned in an exchangeable manner on the load-bearing profile and in which the load-bearing rollers for the load-bearing belt are mounted, the load-bearing profile being open at least on one of its longitudinal sides, characterized in that the load-bearing profile of each load-bearing member is cross-sectionally C-shaped and the bar, which can be positioned on the load-bearing profile, is cross-sectionally U-shaped, the load-bearing rollers for the load-bearing belt being mounted in the legs of the U-shaped profile of the bar.