COUPLING DEVICE IN OVERHEAD CONVEYOR SYSTEM

摘要

Carriages (7a, 7b) are moved along a track using a rotary drive shaft (5). A first carriage (7a) has a control arm (28) which can be rotated about a horizontal axis (26) to make a transmission part (24) disengage the carriage from the drive shaft. A second carriage (7b) is provided with an angled support surface (20) and the two carriages are moved together, one end of the control arm comes into contact with and is guided along the surface, causing the arm to rotate and disengage the first carriage. Movement of a carriage is stopped as soon as its control arm comes into contact with the support surface for the carriage in front, enabling the carriages to be buffered.