Conveying device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11247844-B2
Application number	US-201816764104-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2018
Priority date	Dec 8, 2017
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

A quick fastener in a conveying device that conveys goods detachably secures a profile element to a base support of the conveying device's machine frame.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising a conveying device, said conveying device comprising a machine frame having a base support, a conveyor, a front deflector, a rear deflectors, a sliding strip, a profiled element, and a fastener, wherein said conveying device conveys goods along a conveyance direction, wherein said conveyor is a driven conveyor that forms a loop around said front and rear deflection devices, wherein said conveyor forms a conveying line between said front and rear deflection devices, wherein said conveyor slides along said sliding strip, wherein said sliding strip is arranged in sections along said line and disposed on said profiled element, wherein said fastener is a detachable securing device that secures said profiled element to said base support, wherein said fastener is a quick fastener, wherein said fastener is a rotary locking device that transitions between locking and releasing positions as a result of rotation thereof and wherein, when in said locking position, said rotary locking device produces at least one connection selected from the group consisting of a non-positive fit connection and a positive fit connection.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said fastener is configured to transition between a locking position and a releasing position and wherein, in said locking position, said fastener detachably secures said profiled element to said base support.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said fastener extends along an axis, wherein said fastener comprises first and second securing sections that extend along said axis, wherein said first and second securing sections are opposed to each other at opposite ends of said fastener along said axis, wherein said first securing section secures said fastener to said base support, and wherein said second securing section secures said fastener to said profiled element.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said fastener comprises securing sections that are configured form a non-positive fit connection and/or a positive fit connection when said fastener is in a locking position thereof.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, when said fastener is in said locking position, a securing position of said fastener is inserted into a cut-out opening of said profiled element and another securing position of said fastener is inserted through a perforation in said base support.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said fastener comprises a securing section that is snapped into a structure when said fastener is in said locking position and wherein said structure is selected from the group consisting of said profiled element and said base support.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said fastener comprises securing sections, wherein, when said fastener is in a locking position, one of said securing sections engages a groove in said profiled element and another of said securing sections extends through a perforation in said base support to clamp a locking element on a rear surface of said base support.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said fastener is configured to transition between a locking position and a releasing position as a result of rotation of said fastener about an axis thereof.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the fastener comprises first and second securing sections, wherein said securing sections comprise free ends that have corresponding first and second locking sections disposed thereon, wherein said base support comprises a flat section having a non-circular perforation extending therethrough, wherein said perforation has a cross section that matches that of said first locking section such that said first locking section is passable through said perforation, wherein said profiled element comprises a profiling section that forms a cut-out opening having a cross section that matches that of said second locking section such that said second locking section is receivable in said cut-out opening, and wherein rotation of said fastener causes said second locking section to clamp said second securing section to said profiled element and causes a positive fit between said second locking section and said profiled element.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said fastener comprises a first securing section that comprises a locking section at a free end thereof and wherein said locking section comprises a locking element that extends radially outward from said locking section.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein said first securing section comprises a free end having a first locking section disposed thereon, wherein said first locking section comprises a contact section that defines a receiving groove, and wherein said receiving groove extends radially outward from an axis of said fastener.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein said receiving groove extends along at least a portion of a circle that is concentric with said axis and wherein said contact section contacts said base support at a contact surface along said circle.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, when said fastener is in a locking position, a locking element of said fastener has been guided through a perforation in said base support and said fastener has been rotated relative to said base support such that said locking element engages an underside of said base support.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein fastener comprises a first securing section that comprises a free end having a first locking section disposed thereon, wherein said first locking section comprises a contact section that defines a receiving groove, and wherein said receiving groove extends radially outward from an axis of said fastener, wherein said locking element, as a result of said fastener having been rotated, clamps to said underside, said underside being that of a flat section of said base support, wherein a securing section of said fastener is pressed against said contact section at a contact surface on a top side of said flat section of said base support such that said flat section is clamped between said contact surface and said locking element.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said fastener comprises a clamping body that has a cross-section, wherein an end section of said clamping body faces said profiled element, wherein said cross section has a length, and wherein said clamping body is tapered such that said length is greatest where said clamping body is closest to said profiled element and least where said clamping body is furthest from said profiled element.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein said end section of said clamping body comprises straight contact sections on opposing sides of said clamping body.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein said profiled element is C-shaped.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein, when said fastener is in a locking position, said clamping body spreads corresponding inner sides of said profiled element so as to form a clamp seat in a cut-out opening formed between side limb sections of said profiled element.

19. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein said cross section has a width that is selected such that, when said fastener is in a release position, said clamping body can be guided through a cut-out opening formed by said profiled element.

20. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said fastener is one of a plurality of identical fasteners, wherein said plurality of identical fasteners comprises a fastener that detachably secures a component to said base support, and wherein said component is selected from the group consisting of an electrica

Assignees

• Khs Gmbh

Inventors

• Grävingholt Stefan
• Greiving Thomas
• Paroth Berthold
• Sarajlija Zlatko
• Stienen Thomas

Classifications

• B65G21/06 Primary

  constructed to facilitate rapid assembly or dismantling · CPC title

• F16B2/12

  using sliding jaws · CPC title

• B65G21/22

  Rails or the like engaging sliding elements or rollers attached to load-carriers or traction elements · CPC title

• B65G15/62 Primary

  Guides for sliding belts · CPC title

• B65G2201/04

  Bulk · CPC title