Patent ID: 6364092
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A device, comprising a first rail track having a guide region and a second rail track arranged at an angle to the first rail track in a transitional region, for deviating rail-guided transport items independent of one another from the guide region of the first rail track to the guide region of the second rail track, a deviation apparatus in said transitional region extending from the guide region of the first rail track to the guide region of the second rail track and which has a conveying element driven in rotation in the direction of transport of the transport item and bridging said transitional region; and controlled coupling means that function to couple a transport item, arriving on the first rail track to be supplied to the second rail track, to the conveying element in the guide region of the first rail track, to hold said transport item on the conveying element during the run through the transitional region and to release said transport item from the conveying element in the guide region of the second rail track.