BLEICHERT FOERDERANLAGEN GMBH Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110290620 | GRAVITY CONVEYOR SYSTEM HAVING SUSPENDED CARRIERS - A gravity conveyor assembly includes a first track member downwardly pitched from a first end toward a second end with respect to a first reference plane oriented parallel to a ground surface. A second track member positioned directly above the first track member is downwardly pitched from a first end toward an opposite second end with respect to a second reference plane oriented parallel to the ground surface. A curved track member connects the second track member second end to the first track member first end and defines a vertically downward oriented arc. A wheeled cart is moveable from the second track member first end to the first track member second end by gravity. A cart travel direction reverses from a first travel direction on the second track member to an opposite second travel direction on the first track member as the cart downwardly traverses the curved track member. | 12-01-2011 |
20100300841 | GRAVITY CONVEYOR SYSTEM - A gravity conveyor assembly includes first and second track assemblies positioned parallel to each other. Each of the track assemblies includes a body, having a slot in a first surface. A track member includes a frictional engagement portion received and frictionally engaged within the slot. A track extending portion freely extends above the first surface of the body. The track extending portion is oriented at an angle with respect to an axis oriented transverse to a ground surface such that the track extending portion has a continuous slope with respect to the ground surface. A cassette supported on the first and second track members is adapted for gravity induced rolling motion by the continuous slope. Wheels mounted to opposing sides of the cassette each have a concave perimeter surface aligned for rolling contact with the track extending portion of the track assemblies. | 12-02-2010 |