Patent ID: 6390285
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
Conveyor system for conveying objects along a conveying path, which is suitable in particular for conveying the objects along an inclined conveyor path and for accumulating the objects, comprising a modular, plastic, endless conveyor belt, which conveyor belt comprises plastic modules which are linked to one another and have a carrying section for carrying the objects, each module being provided with a number of projections which are spaced apart from one another and extend in the conveying direction, as well as with a number of projections which are spaced apart from one another and extend in the opposite direction, each projection being provided with a transverse opening for accommodating a connecting pin, connecting pins which extend through the transverse openings of adjacent projections of linked-together modules, as well as drive means for driving the conveyor belt, characterized by driver members in at least some of the modules, which driver members can be lowered beneath the surface of the carrying section of the conveyor belt and have a support surface for retaining the objects, and which driver members can be displaced between a driving position, which lies above the surface of the carrying section of the conveyor belt, and an accumulation position for allowing conveyed objects to accumulate, which lies beneath the surface of the carrying section of the conveyor belt; and the conveyor system furthermore comprises a guidance system, which is disposed beneath the path of the driver members, for positioning the driver members in the driving position.