Conveying device
First Claim
1. Conveying device wherein the conveying device comprises a plurality of conveying elements, where each conveying element comprises a chain box element in which at least one transport roller is rotatably fixed such that rollers arranged in adjacent conveying elements define the conveying device transport plane, and that chain box elements of adjacent conveying elements are interconnected in such a way that one conveying element may articulate in relation to adjacent conveying elements, and that at least some of the chain box elements in the conveying device comprise drive means directly engaging and rotating the transport rollers,wherein the chain box element is hollow or at least an open passage is provided through the chain box element in the intended transport direction such that a through going passage is provided through substantially the entire conveying device allowing for wires, pipes and/or power cables to pass through the conveying element.
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Abstract
A conveying device (1) which is particular in that the conveying device comprises a plurality of conveying elements (2), where each conveying element (2) comprises a chain box element (4) in which at least one transport roller (3) is rotatably fixed such that rollers (3) arranged in adjacent conveying elements (2) define the conveying device transport plane, and that chain box elements (4) of adjacent conveying elements are interconnected in such a way that one conveying element may articulate in relation to adjacent conveying elements, and that at least some of the chain box elements in the conveying device comprise drive elements directly engaging and rotating the transport rollers (3).
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1. Conveying device wherein the conveying device comprises a plurality of conveying elements, where each conveying element comprises a chain box element in which at least one transport roller is rotatably fixed such that rollers arranged in adjacent conveying elements define the conveying device transport plane, and that chain box elements of adjacent conveying elements are interconnected in such a way that one conveying element may articulate in relation to adjacent conveying elements, and that at least some of the chain box elements in the conveying device comprise drive means directly engaging and rotating the transport rollers,
wherein the chain box element is hollow or at least an open passage is provided through the chain box element in the intended transport direction such that a through going passage is provided through substantially the entire conveying device allowing for wires, pipes and/or power cables to pass through the conveying element.
- 15. Conveying device wherein the conveying device comprises a plurality of conveying elements, where each conveying element comprises a chain box element in which at least one transport roller is rotatably fixed such that rollers arranged in adjacent conveying elements define the conveying device transport plane, and that chain box elements of adjacent conveying elements are interconnected in such a way that one conveying element may articulate in relation to adjacent conveying elements, and that at least some of the chain box elements in the conveying device comprise drive means directly engaging and rotating the transport rollers, wherein the articulation joint connecting two adjacent conveying elements comprises a ball structure attached or integral with the chain box element at one end of the conveying element and gripping means in the shape of two ring members at the opposite end of the chain box element, said ring members arranged such that the ball structure of an adjacent conveying element may be held between the two ring members.
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