Conveyor with articles carriers mounted on an endless chain

摘要

A conveyor includes a conveyor track; a throughgoing slot provided in the conveyor track; an endless sprocket chain composed of chain links articulated to one another by link pins; support pins mounted on the chain and constituting an axial extension of at least some of the link pins; a plurality of article carrier units inserted on the support pins; and an article carrier lug forming an integral part of each article carrier unit and projecting through the slot for engaging an article supported on the conveyor track. The carrier body has a centering bore centered on a first one of the support pins; and a control slot receiving and being guided by a second one of the support pins. The first and second support pins are at least two consecutive chain links apart from one another. The carrier body is further provided with an aperture between the centering bore and the control slot. The aperture receives a third support pin situated between the first and second support pins.