Patent ID: 6840370

Claim:
A drive unit ( 10 ) for a a transfer system, comprising: a continuous conveyance means; a housing part ( 16 ) for accommodating a drive wheel ( 38 ), whereby the housing part ( 16 ) comprises two side walls ( 17 , 18 ), a front wall ( 19 ) with an opening ( 21 ) for the continuous conveyance means, and a back wall ( 20 ), wherein said walls are interconnected with each other in the manner of a single component, whereby a top end face ( 26 ) and a bottom end face ( 41 ) of the housing part ( 16 ) are open, and wherein each side wall ( 17 , 18 ) comprises a recess ( 25 ) into which a bearing plate ( 31 ) that accommodates a drive shaft ( 36 ) of the drive wheel ( 38 ) is capable of being inserted from a direction of the open top end faces ( 26 , 41 ) of the housing part ( 16 ), wherein the recesses ( 25 ) are capable of being closed by means of a cover plate ( 40 ), and wherein the cover plate ( 40 ) is formed to be separate from the bearing plate ( 31 ).