Patent ID: 6082522
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A tilting-conveying element for a sorter-conveyer for sorting parcels, particularly luggage pieces, comprising a planar carrying base which can be tilted from a horizontal normal position around a tilting shaft running in a longitudinal direction to at least a slanted delivery position, and at each of a plurality of longitudinal edges of said carrying base, said edges running essentially in the longitudinal direction, a side wall is arranged to define a lateral limit stop position in the normal position of the carrying base; said side wall being movably mounted on the tilting-conveying element relative to said carrying base such that said side wall can be moved from the limit-stop position to a second position in which said side wall no longer protrudes over an upper surface of the carrying base, said side wall mounted to said carrying base via a swivel pin having a swivel axis parallel to a longitudinal edge of said carrying base, and said movably mounted side wall is arranged at said tilting-conveying element such that, when said carrying base is tilted out of the normal position to the delivery position, said side wall becomes automatically moved to the second position by a connecting means arranged between said side wall and the tilting-conveying element.