Patent ID: 6866138
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for discharging load carriers transported on a conveying path and for transferring the load carriers to storage locations or connection conveyors, running transversely to the conveying path, said apparatus comprising: a plurality of transporting belts which circulate in vertical planes, parallel to one another and transversely to the conveying path, about deflecting wheels, wherein said plurality of transport belts form a horizontal rest for the load carriers; wherein at least two of the transporting belts project at least into that half of the conveying path which is directed toward the discharging apparatus, and at least one further transporting belt passes through the conveying path; wherein said transporting belts run beneath the transporting planes of the conveying path and are fitted on the carrying side, in certain sections, with bearing strips; said bearing strips are moved upward out of the transporting planes of the conveying path as the transporting belts circulate, said bearing strips gripping beneath a load carrier that is positioned above the transporting belts at at least three bearing points.