Patent ID: 8474596

Claim:
Transfer conveying apparatus ( 1 ) having a conveying module ( 15 ), a base module ( 16 ), small conveying rollers ( 14 ) which form a conveying plane ( 13 ) for an item of transported goods ( 3 ) in a main conveying direction or an auxiliary conveying direction, a pivoting drive arrangement ( 52 ) and a pivoting transfer means ( 42 ) for pivoting the small conveying rollers ( 14 ) about pivot axes ( 35 ) which extend perpendicularly with respect to the conveying plane ( 13 ) and with a small-roller drive arrangement ( 51 ) and a drive transfer means ( 43 ) for driving the small conveying rollers ( 14 ), with each small conveying roller ( 14 ) being mounted between bearing leg ( 37 ) of a carrier for small rollers ( 34 ) that can be pivoted about the pivot axis ( 35 ) and being able to be rotated around a rotary axis ( 39 ) that is aligned perpendicularly with respect to the pivot axis ( 35 ) and with the conveying module ( 15 ) being detachably connected to the base module ( 16 ), which base module ( 16 ) comprises the pivoting drive arrangement ( 52 ) and the small-roller drive arrangement ( 51 ), and the conveying module ( 15 ) forms a load-bearing frame ( 19 ), at least one row ( 11 ) of small conveying rollers ( 14 ) extending transversely with respect to the main conveying direction, the pivoting transfer means ( 42 ) for pivoting the small conveying rollers ( 14 ) in this row ( 11 ) and the drive transfer means ( 43 ) for driving the small conveying rollers ( 14 ) in this row ( 11 ), with the load-bearing frame ( 19 ) comprising front plates ( 20 , 21 ) which are positioned between lateral legs ( 17 , 18 ) of the base module ( 16 ) and detachably connected to the latter as well as a support bar ( 22 ) extending between the front plates ( 20 , 21 ), wherein the support bar ( 22 ) is provided with bores ( 31 ) and therein arranged bearing bushings ( 32 ) each for accommodating a tube-shaped bearing extension ( 33 ) at the carrier for small rollers ( 34 ) in a pivotable way, with the bearing extension ( 33 ) of each of the carriers for small rollers ( 34 ) protruding over the bearing bushing ( 32 ) at the lower side of the support bar ( 22 ) and in its protruding end region being provided with a toothed ring ( 40 ), and wherein the toothed rings ( 40 ) in this row ( 11 ) are drive-connected to one another by means of a toothed belt ( 41 ) which is guided around the latter so that the pivoting transfer means ( 42 ) having the toothed rings ( 40 ) and the toothed belt ( 41 ) are arranged along the lower side of the support bar ( 22 ) and wherein the toothed belt ( 41 ) is coupled to a drive member ( 53 ) having the pivoting drive arrangement ( 52 ) by means of a belt connector.