Patent ID: 7731017
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. Device for driving load conveyors or transporters, in the form of a driving and guiding means ( 4 ), which is integrated in a line of conveyors or transporters ( 1 and 2 ) and extends along the longitudinal axis of said conveyors or transporters ( 1 and 2 ), perpendicularly to their plane, and which consists essentially of the combination of a driving belt ( 5 ), arranged along at least one longitudinal edge or in the extension of longitudinal edges of at least one conveyor or transporter ( 1 or 2 ), or of two successive conveyors and transporters ( 1 and 2 ), and of a guide ( 6 ) for applying loads ( 3 ) against the driving belt ( 5 ), arranged along the opposite longitudinal edge(s), where the driving belt ( 5 ) and the guide ( 6 ) for applying the load ( 3 ) are arranged, with respect to chains with palettes forming the conveyors or transporters ( 1 and 2 ), in such a way that the distance between their opposite face is slightly smaller than the width of the loads ( 3 ) transported by said conveyors or transporters ( 1 and 2 ), characterized in that the driving belt ( 5 ) is a belt with a cover made of rubber or of another material with a high coefficient of friction, and the guide ( 6 ) for applying loads ( 3 ) is in the form of a rigid blade with ends that are slightly curved inward in the direction opposite the driving belt ( 5 ), and with a low coefficient of friction, where said rigid blade is mounted on supports ( 7 ) for fixation to the corresponding side of the conveyors or transporters ( 1 and/or 2 ), with interposition of means presenting controlled elastic deformation.