Transmission system to transfer conveyor units from one floor chain system to another and method for hauling a conveyor unit from a main chain path to a side chain path.

摘要

The transmission system (5) contains two horizontal sprocket wheels (12 and 15) turning in the opposite sense over which run two floor chains (9 and 13) which carry protruding catch elements (10 and 14) for pins (17) of the conveyor units, and which are situated such that a pin (17) which is carried by a catch element (10) from the one floor chain system (2) is released from said catch element (10) at the height of the sprocket wheels (12 and 15) and is carried along by a catch element (14) from the other floor chain system (4), characterized in that the theoretical outline (25) which describes all the catch elements (10) of the one floor chain system (2) and the theoretical outline (26) which describes all the catch elements (14) of the other floor chain system (4), at the height of the theoretical joining line (20) between the shafts (18 and 19) of the two sprocket wheels (12 and 15), are situated at a distance from one another between zero and the thickness of the pins (17) in the direction of the above-mentioned joining line (20), whereas the transmission system (5) contains a kinematic connection (21-22) with a constant ratio between the two sprocket wheels (12 and 15).