DISPOZITIV DE TRANSPORTAT PIESE

摘要

1. Transport device for work pieces having a loading station (22.1) and an unloading station (22.4) which are allocated to machines (19, 20) operating at different timings, rails (3) and wagons (6) with receptacle pockets (17) guided therein being provided in said transport device for work pieces, which are consecutively movable from the loading station (22.1) to the unloading station (22.4) and can be returned in the opposite direction below the transport level, the transport device being controllable with respect to its drive and having between the loading station (22.1) and the unloading station (22.4) one or more intermediate stations (22), which perform a storage function and respective separate and independently operable drives (10) being arranged for driving the wagons (6) from one station (22) to the next station (22), characterised in that the circulating wagons (6) consist of individually articulated interconnected members (4) and are provided with dog forks (8), that the individual drives (10) are operatively connected with dog bolts (16) for engagement in the dog forks (8), and that on the intended delivery points of the wagons (6) in the respective stations (22.2, 22.3, 22.5; 22.7) catches (12) are provided, consisting of rolls which under spring tension engage in corresponding recesses in said wagons (6).