Transporting system
First Claim
1. In-plant rail-bound transport system having shuttles which travel in a longitudinal direction on rails, wherein the system comprises:
- a stop and a stop bar that interact with each other to secure against one of the shuttles overrunning of an open end of one of the rails, wherein the stop bar engages the stop to prevent the one of the shuttles overrunning of the open end of the one of the rails;
wherein the stop has first and second immoveable stop elements and wherein the stop bar is able to move between a first position and a second position, wherein the stop bar overruns the first stop element in the first position of the stop bar, and the stop bar overruns the second stop element in the second position of the stop bar; and
wherein the stop bar is blocked by the first stop element in the second position of the stop bar to prevent the one of the shuttles overrunning of the open end of the one of the rails and the stop bar is blocked by the second stop element in the first position of the stop bar to prevent the one of the shuttles overrunning of the open end of the one of the rails.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an in-house track-bound transporting system with self-propelling carriages that move on rails. The system has stoppers to prevent said carriages from crossing over open rail ends or track borders, and the system is provided with stops. The stoppers collide with the stops in order to prevent a crossing-over, said stops having first and second fixed stop elements. The stoppers can be moved between a first crossing-over position and a second crossing-over position such that the first stop elements can be crossed over in the first crossing-over position of the stoppers, and the second stop elements can be crossed over in the second crossing-over position of the stoppers, wherein the first stop elements cannot be crossed over in the second crossing-over position of the stoppers, and the second stop elements cannot be crossed over in the first crossing-over position of the stoppers.
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21 Claims
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1. In-plant rail-bound transport system having shuttles which travel in a longitudinal direction on rails, wherein the system comprises:
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a stop and a stop bar that interact with each other to secure against one of the shuttles overrunning of an open end of one of the rails, wherein the stop bar engages the stop to prevent the one of the shuttles overrunning of the open end of the one of the rails; wherein the stop has first and second immoveable stop elements and wherein the stop bar is able to move between a first position and a second position, wherein the stop bar overruns the first stop element in the first position of the stop bar, and the stop bar overruns the second stop element in the second position of the stop bar; and wherein the stop bar is blocked by the first stop element in the second position of the stop bar to prevent the one of the shuttles overrunning of the open end of the one of the rails and the stop bar is blocked by the second stop element in the first position of the stop bar to prevent the one of the shuttles overrunning of the open end of the one of the rails. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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