Patent ID: 9051132
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A transfer arrangement ( 10 ; 10 a ) for transferring articles ( 1 ), having a first conveying arrangement ( 11 ) for the articles ( 1 ), on which the articles ( 1 ) are conveyed, and having at least one transporting element ( 38 ) with a transfer element ( 44 ) for butting against an article ( 1 ) along a transporting route in a region of the transfer arrangement ( 10 ; 10 a ) and for transfer from the transporting route to a second conveying arrangement ( 15 ), wherein the at least one transporting element ( 38 ) is arranged such that it can be moved along a closed transporting path ( 30 ) which has a multiplicity of coil elements ( 36 ) which are in operative connection with at least one permanent-magnet element ( 39 ), arranged at least indirectly on the transporting element ( 38 ), and cause the transporting element ( 38 ) to move along the transporting path ( 30 ) when the coil elements ( 36 ) are energized, wherein a control arrangement activates the coil elements ( 36 ) in order to generate a movement profile of the transporting element ( 38 ), and wherein there is an arrangement with means ( 41 , 42 ) for detecting the position of the transporting element ( 38 ) along the transporting path ( 30 ), characterized in that the first conveying arrangement ( characterized in that the transporting route is designed as an additional, endlessly circulating conveying arrangement ( characterized in that the movement profile of the transporting element ( characterized in that the movement profile of the transporting element ( characterized in that the movement profile of the transporting element (