Patent ID: 8820518

Claim:
Accumulating conveyor, in particular for use in the motor vehicle industry, comprising: a flexible tension element comprising a top strand and a bottom strand; a motor configured to drive the flexible tension element; a pair of reversing stations, each reversing station comprising: a shaft having opposite sides; a gear element arranged on the shaft, the gear element configured to guide the flexible tension element in a region of the reversing station; a pair of driver wheels, each driver wheel of the pair assigned to opposite sides of the shaft, and each driver wheel of the pair comprising a plurality of recesses, each of the plurality of recesses containing: a compression spring arranged in a longitudinally displaceable manner; and a centering pin loaded by the compression spring; at least one pallet comprising: a device which can be actuated by a frictional connection, said device coupling the at least one pallet to the flexible tension element; an underside; and a plurality of recesses arranged on the underside, wherein, during driving of the at least one pallet from the top strand to the bottom strand of the flexible tension element the centering pin of one of the plurality of recesses of each of the pair of driver wheels of one of the pair of reversing stations automatically engages in a form-fitting manner at least one of the plurality of recesses arranged on the underside of the at least one pallet, wherein during driving of the at least one pallet from the bottom strand to the top strand of the flexible tension element the centering pin of one of the plurality of recesses of each of the pair of driver wheels of one of the pair of reversing stations automatically engages in a form-fitting manner at least one of the plurality of recesses arranged on the underside of the at least one pallet, wherein after driving of the at least one pallet from the top strand to the bottom strand the centering pin of one of the plurality of recesses of each of the pair of driver wheels of one of the pairs of reversing station automatically slides out of at least one of the plurality of recesses arranged on the underside of the at least one pallet, and wherein after driving of the at least one pallet from the bottom strand to the stand of the flexible tension member the centering pin of one of the plurality of recesses of each of the pair of driver wheels of one of the pair of reversing stations automatically slides out of at least one of the plurality recesses arranged on the underside of the at least one pallet.