Title:
CAR RETURN DEVICE IN TERMINAL OF TRANSPORTATION LINE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS51122276
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
Terminal station return loop device for vehicles, containers or platforms driven continuously along a transport system, which comprises essentially a chain conveyor forming a loop having a relatively short radius of curvature and passing over a platform driven at the same speed as the conveyor, and at least one vehicle equipped with two trains of wheels, i.e. carrier wheels rolling on a fixed rail of the transport line which terminates at the inlet of the platform with a bevelled end, and drive wheels engaging the conveyor chain at the end of an endless belt driving shoes supporting the vehicle when the carrier wheels leave the rail for slipping on the platform by means of their edges.
Inventors:
FURANSOWA RUI JIROO
Application Number:
JP3703176A
Publication Date:
October 26, 1976
Filing Date:
April 02, 1976
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SAPAAGU
International Classes:
B61B10/00; B61B12/02; B61B13/12; B61B15/00; B65G17/00; B65G47/52; (IPC1-7): B65G35/00; B65G47/52