Patent ID: 8186501

Claim:
Conveying device ( 1 ) for packaged items ( 2 ) with at least one conveying means ( 4 ), for the packaged items ( 2 ) to be transported by the at least one conveying means, comprising a drive device ( 15 ) and at least one operable coupling ( 26 ) between a drive means ( 35 ) of the drive device ( 15 ) and the conveying means ( 4 ), wherein the coupling ( 26 ) comprises a gap chamber ( 54 , 67 ) designed for receiving a transmission means ( 56 ) between a first and a second coupling element ( 50 , 51 ) and adjacent to the gap chamber ( 54 ) a regulating element ( 61 , 73 ) a power coupling between the coupling elements ( 50 , 51 ) and operated by a control or regulating device ( 25 ) is arranged, wherein the drive means ( 35 ) is mounted rotatably on a fixed axle ( 30 ) or stub shafts ( 85 ) held in a non-rotatable manner in support profiles ( 8 ) and the regulating element ( 61 , 73 ) is formed by an electric coil ( 62 , 72 ) connected in a non-rotatable manner to the axle ( 30 ) or stub shafts ( 85 ), which electric coil is connected by lines ( 63 ) to a control or regulating device ( 25 ).