Patent ID: 6464064
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
An apparatus for transferring products being conveyed from one conveyor device to at least one conveyor device, disposed parallel or at a defined angle to the first conveyor device, characterized in that the product being conveyed is moved, by means of feed rollers that are integrated with the apparatus and are provided with their own drive, to a defined position in the apparatus, the feed rollers being secured in a mounting frame and the feed rollers being secured via receptacles to transverse connectors; and that the transverse connectors extend under the feed rollers from one end of the apparatus to the other end of the apparatus and at maximum have the same width as the feed rollers; and that the transverse connectors in turn are secured on their ends to the mounting frame; and that the apparatus is equipped with a lifting device and has a least one receiving plate mounted on this lifting device, on which plate receiving elements are secured, which are located in the space between the feed rollers; and that the upper ends of these receiving elements, in the basic position, are located below the upper edge of the feed rollers; and that the upper ends of these receiving elements, in the working position, are located above the upper edge of the feed rollers; and that the lifting device itself is secured to a device for longitudinally driving the entire lifting device and this longitudinal driver is in turn secured to the mounting frame; and that transferal can be done at an angle of 90Â° or at an arbitrary angle greater than 0Â° and less than 180Â° to the original feeding direction onto at least one conveyor device disposed parallel or at a defined angle to the original conveyor device; and that the feeding direction of the product being conveyed does not change; and that the operation of conveyor devices upstream, downstream, and in between is not interrupted.