Modular system of a plurality of transport line components of a long stator linear motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10118775-B2
Application number	US-201715587971-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 5, 2017
Priority date	May 9, 2016
Publication date	Nov 6, 2018
Grant date	Nov 6, 2018

Abstract

Modular transport line system for configuring a transport line of a long stator linear motor. The system includes plural modular transport line components, each having a starting point (An) and an end point (En), wherein the starting point (An) and the end point (En) of each modular transport line component lie on a raster corner point (p·a)×(q·a) of an (a×a) raster with a prespecified raster length a, wherein p, q are whole numbers. At least one of the plural modular transport line components is a curved transport line component formed by at least three modules.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A modular transport line system for configuring a transport line of a long stator linear motor, said system comprising:
plural modular transport line components, each having a starting point (An) and an end point (En), wherein the starting point (An) and the end point (En) of each modular transport line component lie on a raster corner point (p·a)×(q·a) of an (a×a) raster with a prespecified raster length a, wherein p, q are whole numbers;
at least one of the plural modular transport line components being a curved transport line component formed by at least three modules; and
said at least three modules comprise:
a first module that is a curve entry module having the starting point (An) and a first curved portion of the curved transport line component;
a second module that is a curve entry module having the end point (En) and a second curved portion of the curved transport line component;
a third module that is a connection module, connecting the first and second modules of the curved transport line component and having a third curved portion of the curved transport line component;

said first module having a straight end section extending to the starting point (An) and a curved end section that abuts a first curved end section of the third module; and
said second module having a straight end section extending to the end point (En) and an curved end section that abuts a second curved end section of the third module,
wherein, where the first module and the third module abut, the curved end section of the first module and the first curved end section of the third module have a same curvature, and
wherein, where the second module and the third module abut, the curved end section of the second module and the second curved end section of the third module have a same curvature.

2. The modular transport line system of claim 1 , further comprising a straight transport line component being formed by at least one straight module, said straight transport line component having a first straight end section having a starting point (An) and a second straight end section having an end point (En).

3. The modular transport line system of claim 1 , wherein the third module of the curved transport line component comprises an acute angle section of the curved transport line component.

4. The modular transport line system of claim 1 , wherein the curved transport line component is a 90° curved transport line component.

5. The modular transport line system of claim 1 , wherein the curved transport line component is a 180° curved transport line component.

6. The modular transport line system of claim 1 , wherein the curved transport line component is a partially circular transport line component defined by a radius (R), wherein the first curved portion of the first module, the second curved portion of the second module and the third curved portion of the third module have a same radius.

7. The modular transport line system of claim 6 , wherein the third module is formed by more than one abutting circular-arc-segment-modules.

8. The modular transport line system of claim 1 , wherein the curved transport line component is configured to form an S-shaped transport line component, wherein the first curved end section and the second curved end section of the third module have curvatures in opposite directions.

9. The modular transport line system of claim 1 , further comprising an S-shaped transport line component which is formed by the first module and the second module as curve entry modules, wherein the curved end section of said first module abuts the curved end section of said second module, wherein the straight end section of the first module having a starting point (An) and the straight end section of the second module having an end point (En) and face in opposite directions.

10. A transport line for a long stator linear motor comprising:
at least one curved modular transport line component having a starting point (An) and an end point (En), wherein the starting point (An) and the end point (En) of said curved modular transport line component lie on a raster corner point (p·a)×(q·a) of an (a×a) raster with a prespecified raster length a, wherein p, q are whole numbers;
said at least one curved transport line component being formed by at least three modules arranged in series;
said at least three modules comprising:
a first module that is a curve entry module having the starting point (An) and a first curved portion of the curved transport line component;
a second module that is a curve entry module having the end point (En) and a second curved portion of the curved transport line component;
a third module that is a connection module connecting the first and second modules of the curved transport line component and having a third curved portion of the curved transport line component;

said first module having a straight end section extending to the starting point (An) and a curved end section that abuts a first curved end section of the third module;
said second module having a straight end section extending to the end point (En) and a curved end section that abuts a second curved end section of the third module,
wherein, where the first module and the third module abut, the curved end section of the first module and the first curved end section of the third module have a same curvature, and
wherein, where the second module and the third module abut, the curved end section of the second module and the second curved end section of the third module have a same curvature.

11. The transport line of claim 10 , further comprising at least one modular transport line component being a straight transport line component being formed by at least one module, said straight transport line component having a first straight end section having a starting point (An) and a second straight end section having an end point (En).

12. The transport line of claim 10 , further comprising at least one modular transport line component being an S-shaped transport line component which is formed by the first module and the second module as curve entry modules, wherein the curved end section of said first module abuts the curved end section of said second module, wherein the straight section of the first module having a starting point (An) and the straight section of the second module having an end point (En) and face in opposite directions.

13. The transport line of claim 10 , wherein the curved transport line component is a partially circular transport line component defined by a radius (R), wherein the first curved portion of the first module, the second curved portion of the second module and the third curved portion of the third module have the same radius.

14. The transport line of claim 13 , wherein the third module is formed by more than one abutting circular-arc-segment-modules.

15. The transport line of claim 13 , wherein the partially circular transport line components include one of:
a 90 degree curved transport line component; or
a 180 degree curved transport line component.

16. The transport line of claim 13 , wherein the third module of the partially circular transport line component comprises an acute angle section of the curved transport line component.

17. The transport line of claim 10 , wherein the curved transport line component is configured to form an S-shaped transport line component, wherein the first curved end section and the second curved end section of the third module have curvatures in opposite directions, wherein the straight section of the first module h

Assignees

• B & R Ind Automation Gmbh

Inventors

• Walter Dominic
• Obermair Christoph
• Huber Stefan

Classifications

• B60L13/03

  Electric propulsion by linear motors · CPC title

• H02K41/02

  Linear motors; Sectional motors · CPC title

• B65G54/02 Primary

  electrostatic, electric, or magnetic · CPC title

• B65G2207/30

  Modular constructions · CPC title

• B65G37/00 Primary

  Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds, of interest apart from their application in particular machines or use in particular manufacturing processes (series of co-operating belt conveyor units B65G15/22; series of co-operating chain conveyor units B65G17/26; sequence control of combined conveyors B65G43/10) · CPC title