EP3946805A1

EP3946805A1 - Transfer device of a transport system

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Publication number: EP3946805A1
Application number: EP20723269.5A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Martin Zimmer; Günther Zimmer
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2019-04-03
Filing date: 2020-04-01
Publication date: 2022-02-09
Also published as: JP7577679B2; CN113677479B; JP2022526404A; US20220176507A1; WO2020200344A1; DE102019002424A1; CN113677479A; US12128519B2

Abstract

The invention relates to a transfer device for self-propelling workpiece trolleys of a transport system, in which the ends of one or more route sections can be continuously or intermittently connected. The ends of the route sections are either connected via transfer sections that are rigid and bent at least in sections, or a transfer section - which can be moved along a straight or curved track curve and supporting one or more workpiece trolleys - can be temporarily arranged before the ends of the route sections, which transfer section can be moved back and forth between the ends via a driveable gear unit. According to the invention, at least one transfer device for a transport and/or processing system is developed, with which the workpiece trolleys are transferred from one route section to another.

Description

Transfer device of a transport system

Description :

The invention relates to a transfer device for self-propelled workpiece trolleys of a transport system, in which the ends of one or more track sections can be connected continuously or discontinuously.

From DE 10 2017 012 077.3 a transport system with self-propelled workpiece trolleys is known in order to transport panel-like and / or board-like workpieces in front of the processing machines in a processing station. In addition to the workpiece trolleys, the transport system includes two parallel transport rails, each of which ends in front of horizontally positioned turntables. The workpiece trolleys are moved with the turntables from one transport rail to the other. The present invention is based on the problem of developing at least one transfer device for a transport and / or processing system with which the workpiece trolleys can be transferred from one track section to another.

This problem is solved with the features of the main claim. The ends of the guideway sections are either connected via rigid, at least partially curved transfer sections, or in front of the ends of the guideway sections a transfer section that can be moved along a straight or curved trajectory can temporarily be arranged to carry one or more workpiece trolleys, which is via a drivable gear is reciprocable between the ends.

Track and transfer sections are among others used in transport systems of piece goods sorting systems or processing stations. Such a processing station is e.g. a universal machine for the cutting and / or non-cutting processing of furniture parts. The furniture parts, which are usually large in area, are fed to the machine core area via their own transport system and provided there with bores, recesses, depressions, grooves, notches, bevels or the like. At the same time, e.g. Dowels are set and fittings are handled and assembled. The workpieces, i.e. furniture parts or their semi-finished products, can also be used before and / or after processing, e.g. be checked or measured with regard to their geometry.

For this purpose, the processing station is set up in such a way that it can process a wide variety of workpieces one after the other without retooling can. For this purpose, the plate-like and / or board-like workpieces are transported along an elongated, for example straight, workpiece support gate in front of a robot or a group of robots. The robot or robots each carry a multifunctional unit. Each multifunctional unit is a carrier of a large number of powered tools that protrude partially extendable from the processing side of the multifunctional unit. To process the workpieces, the robot or robots lead their multifunctional units to the respective workpiece in order to be pivoted away from the workpiece again after processing. If several robots are in use at the same time, the tools of several multifunctional units process the workpiece, with the multifunctional units being moved independently of one another. The processing station is thus a robot cell.

With the invention, several relocating devices are presented with which two or more track sections are connected to form a closed track. To this end, the relocating devices have relocating sections which are attached to the ends of the guideway sections in order to transport them to workpiece trolleys - individually or in groups - from one guideway section to another. Some of the transfer sections are shifted or displaced between the travel path sections on predetermined trajectories with the aid of lever gears, screw gears or the like. The transfer sections are also specially movable to form switches. Of course, the transfer devices can also be used in a transport system on which special tool trolleys are actively or passively moved instead of the workpiece trolleys. Further details of the invention emerge from the claims and the following description of at least one embodiment shown schematically.

Figure 1: front partial view of a workpiece transport system; FIG. 2: perspective view of a workpiece trolley from FIG

diagonally behind;

Figure 3: Partial side view of a route with a

Half oval converter;

Figure 4: Front view of the semi-oval converter from Figure 3 with

Facing outwards;

FIG. 5: top view of FIG. 3;

Figure 6: Partial side view of a route with a

Semi-oval switch;

Figure 7: Front view of the semi-oval switch from Figure 6 with

Facing outwards;

FIG. 8: top view of FIG. 6;

Figure 9: Partial side view of a route with a

Linear stroke converter;

FIG. 10: Front view of a linear stroke converter from FIG. 9 with

Facing outwards;

FIG. 11: top view of FIG. 9;

Figure 12: Top view of Figure 9, but with the front side

linear stroke converter arranged in straight track sections; FIG. 13: Partial side view of a route with three straight route sections, the middle one being activated;

Figure 14: Front view of the lifting switch transfer device from Figure 13

looking outwards;

FIG. 15 like FIG. 13, but the upper travel path section is activated;

Figure 16: Front view of the lifting switch transfer device from Figure 15

looking outwards;

FIG. 17: top view of FIGS. 13 and 15;

Figure 18: Top view of Figures 13 and 15, but with

lift switch converters arranged at the front end of straight track sections;

Figure 19: Partial side view of a route with a

Car group transfer unit with long transfer section;

FIG. 20: Front view of the group transfer unit from FIG. 19 looking outwards;

FIG. 21: top view of FIG. 19;

Figure 22: Partial side view of a double-track drive

away with a double track lifting device;

FIG. 23: Front view of the double track lifting device from FIG. 22 looking outwards;

FIG. 24: top view of FIG. 22;

FIG. 25: Top view of FIG. 22, but with the face

straight track sections arranged double track hub converter;

Figure 26: Partial side view of a route with a

Parallelogram converter;

FIG. 27: Front view of the parallelogram converter from FIG. 26 looking outwards;

FIG. 28: Top view of FIG. 26. Figure 29: Partial side view of a route with a

Face turntable converter;

Figure 30: Front view of the front turntable converter from

FIG. 29 looking outwards;

Figure 31: Front view of the front turntable converter from

FIG. 29 looking inwards;

FIG. 32: Top view of FIG. 29.

Figure 33: Partial side view of a route with a

Lift turntable converter;

Figure 34: Front view of the lifting turntable converter from

FIG. 33 with the workpiece trolley acceptance

Facing outwards;

Figure 35: like Figure 34, but after the work has been adopted

piece wagon and before moving;

Figure 36: Top view of Figure 33.

FIG. 1 shows part of the front view of a processing station for processing plate-like and / or board-like workpieces (9). For this purpose, the processing station has a e.g. ge rectilinear elongated machine bed (1) on which a work piece support gate (210) is built. Along the plant

piece support gate (210) is a workpiece transport system (2) arranged on. The latter consists of, for example, two parallel-laid track sections or transport rails (221), each of which ends at the end faces of the workpiece support frame (210). Self-propelled workpiece trolleys (6) which transport the workpieces (9) forward along the workpiece support grid (210) move on the Fahrwegab cut in front of the workpiece support gate (210) - if necessary combined into groups. On a behind, above or below the workpiece support gate (210) ge laid track section drive the workpiece carriage (6) back. The entire travel path is, for example, a rail system that encircles the workpiece support gate (210).

The rail system is built on a machine bed (1). A transport rail is attached to the front and rear of the machine bed as a straight travel path section. The rear trans port rail is not shown here. The single transport rail (221) consists of a dimensionally stable support bracket (223), a support rail (227) and a rack (231). The support rail (227) sits on the support bracket (223), while the rack (231) is taken fastened in the lower part of the support bracket (223). A multi-conductor current and multi-conductor signal rail (235) is mounted on the machine bed (1) below the rack (231). The latter is covered in the upper area using a busbar cover (237). Along the machine bed (1) on each side of the support bracket (223), the transport

rail (221), the rack (231) and the multi-conductor current and multi-conductor signal rail (235) can be assembled from many individual pieces.

In the exemplary embodiment, both transport rails are of the same length and are oriented parallel to one another. Their upper edges also lie in a common horizontal plane. Two transport rails end at the same height at each end of the machine.

The workpiece support frame (210) is used, for example, to rest the plate-shaped or board-shaped workpieces that are made, for example, of materials such as wood, chipboard, plasterboard, fiber cement or the like. These materials also include composite materials and aluminum alloys. FIG. 2 shows the rear of a workpiece carriage (6). The central component of the workpiece carriage (6) is the angled base body (261). Below the cantilever of the

A guide carriage (262) is arranged on the base body (261). The guide carriage (262) is e.g. a recirculating ball shoe that engages around the support rails (227) in the vertical directions and in the side directions with roller bearings. Below the guide carriage (262) is a secondary shaft (271) which carries the helically toothed output gear (273). The secondary shaft (271), which is roller-mounted in a bearing block (267), has a - shown in dashed lines - drive wheel (272), which is enclosed to the outside by a gear housing (266) formed on the base body (261). Below the gear housing (266) is a downwardly projecting servomotor (264) with an optionally integrated Ge gear. On the shaft of the servo motor (264) sits a straight-toothed pinion wheel - not shown here - which meshes with the drive wheel (272) of the auxiliary shaft (271).

On the underside of the base body (261), next to the servomotor (264), a downwardly projecting cantilever arm (285), a sheet metal component, is arranged. The current and Signalab takers (286) are resiliently attached to it. In the present case, seven buyers (286) are used. The upper one is e.g. connected to ground. The next two current collectors (286) carry +48 V and -48 V at e.g. 10 A current. The fourth and fifth consumers are each a current collector (286) for +24 V and -24 V for 5 A current. The two lower pickups (286) are signal pickups for e.g. CAN bus used here.

According to Figure 2 sits on the base body (261) of the workpiece carriage (6), e.g. electromechanically operated clamping

pliers (290). A slide with two link recesses is arranged in the pliers housing (291). The slide - not shown here- set - is driven by an electrically driven Kulissenan - with the servo motor (297) - to open and close the collet (290). Each backdrop recess has a different slope.

Above the slide, transversely to the guide carriage (262), two carriages sit one behind the other in the tong housing (291), of which only the rear one (294) is visible here. Each slide is connected to one of the link recesses of the slide via a pin. In addition, each slide carries a gripping element (295, 296) on its upper side. The gripping element (296) arranged at the front in FIG. 2 rests on the rear side of the plate-shaped workpiece (9) over only a short stroke. For this purpose, the link recess located under the slide (294) has only a slight slope. The gripping element (295) at the back here has the task of not only gripping a workpiece (9) placed on the workpiece carriage (6), but also of pulling it against the workpiece support gate (210) and the gripping element (296). A large stroke is required for this. So here the link recess in the slide has a large gradient.

The collet (290) has a bearing block (310) below the lateral projections of the gripping elements (295, 296). Each bearing block (310) has e.g. two rolls next to each other. These rollers take the workpiece load.

Since the individual workpiece trolleys (6) within the workpiece transport system (2) are supposed to travel in a circle around the workpiece support gate (210), the workpiece trolleys (6) have to move from the front transport rail (221) to the rear transport rail and vice versa implemented. For this, who uses the two turntables, for example, see. quoted State of the art, which are arranged on the front sides of the workpiece support gate (210) at the level of the transport rails. With every transfer process, the turntable - as a horizontal turntable converter - rotates around its vertical swivel axis by 180 degrees.

In contrast to this, FIGS. 3 to 5 show a semi-oval setter (40) which rigidly connects two straight travel path sections (15, 20) in the area of the rear end of the workpiece support frame (210). For this purpose, the track known from FIG. 1 - in the form of a profiled support rail (227) - is shown in cross section as a rectangle in FIGS. 3 to 36. The workpiece trolley (6) from FIGS. 1 and 2 is given the shape of an elongated cuboid in FIGS. 3 to 36, which above its vertical center has a wrap-around recess (7) for support on the travel path (10).

The lower, near-ground track section (15), cf. FIG. 6 is, as a forward travel path, the transport path section on which the workpiece trolleys (6) guide the workpieces (9) along the front of the workpiece support frame (210). For example, vertically above it is the travel path section (20) which, when traveling backwards, guides the unloaded transport trolleys (6), for example into the area of the front end of the workpiece support frame (210). The profile of the upper track section (20) is rotated by 180 degrees with respect to the lower track section (15), so that there the returning trolleys (6) - shown in dashed lines - are upside down. The front sides of the two ends (16, 21) of the track sections (15, 20) lie, for example, in one plane. The semi-oval converter (40) can be, for example, a converter section (35) in the form of a rail bent into a semicircle. In the present case, however, it is a rail whose semicircle is followed by a straight section at each end, which has a length, for example, which corresponds to one to two times the width of the trans port carriage (6). Due to the straight section in front of the returning track section (20), the rail joint - that is, the transition between the transfer section (35) and the track section (20) - is not burdened by centrifugal acceleration of the transport carriage (6).

The front view, according to FIG. 4, shows the transfer section (35) located behind the workpiece support gate (210). The Fi gur 5 represents the top view from above, the Fahrwegab sections (15, 20) are in front of the workpiece support gate (210). The transfer section (35) lies outside the end face of the workpiece support frame (210).

With a small installation space, this variant enables a closed path (10) on which the workpiece trolleys (6) can move continuously. A transfer drive is not necessary here.

Figures 6 to 7 show a semi-oval soft (45) as a relocating device. The entire track (10) consists - as in the variant according to Figures 3 to 5 - of two, for example, straight track sections (15, 20), two semi-oval conversion sections (35) and another, e.g. straight, track section (25). The four sections (15, 20, 35) form an oval located, for example, in a vertical plane. With the new variant, cf. Figures 6 and 7, the added driveway section (25) is behind the front, lower driveway section (15). The new track section (25) and the upper track section (20) are equidistant from the track section (15). The track sections (15) and (25) lie, for example, in a plane that is parallel to the contact surface (3). In addition, each of the two semi-oval conversion sections (35) is mounted pivotably about a pivot axis (46) at one of the two ends of the front, lower track section (15). This pivot axis (46) is, for example, parallel to or congruent with the center line of the straight track section (15).

The workpiece carriages (6) moving forward on the track section (15) can now either move onto the upper track by pivoting the rear transfer section (35)

cut (20) or on the rear track section (25) are reversed. If both transfer sections (35) are pivoted upwards, a travel path results which is known from FIGS. 3 to 5. If the two transfer sections (35) are pivoted downwards so that their center lines are arranged parallel to the Aufstandsflä surface (3), the workpiece trolleys (6) move - without a headstand - on a horizontal oval. Here, for example, one of the track sections (20) or (25) can be used as a secondary, parking or exit track. If necessary, maintenance work on the workpiece trolley (6) can be carried out there.

Here, a closed track (10) with at least one secondary branch is shown in a small installation space, on which the workpiece dare - at least if both transfer sections (35) are in one plane - can move continuously. To this end, one transfer drive each swivels a transfer section (35). FIGS. 9 to 12 show a conversion device in the form of a linear stroke converter (50). According to Figures 9 to 11, a lifting frame (51) is arranged in the area of the ends (16, 21) of the track sections (15, 20), in which a threaded spindle (52) a lifting slide (53) with an integrated spindle nut between two positions up and down or back and forth. The hub slide (53) carries a short, straight transfer section (36) as part of the travel path (10). The transfer section (36) and the lifting carriage (53) move here on a straight trajectory (54) during the transfer process.

According to FIG. 9, the transfer section (36) is arranged in front of the end (16) of the guideway section (15) in its extension. Here, according to Figure 11, the mast (51), in which the drive for the threaded spindle (52) or the helical gear is housed - in the forward direction (8) of the workpiece carrier (6) - behind the workpiece support frame (210) and next to the arranged lower travel path section (15). According to FIG. 12, the lifting frame (51) is alternatively positioned directly in front of the ends (16, 27) of the track sections (15, 20). This enables shorter route sections (15, 20).

Figures 13 to 18 show a lifting switch converter (55). It differs from the linear stroke converter (50) in that it has at least one intermediate stop position between two end positions of the stroke of the threaded spindle (52). The lifting switch converter (55) acts like a switch. A workpiece carriage arriving on the route section (15) is diverted either to the route section (20) or the route section (30).

In the exemplary embodiment, according to FIGS. 13 to 16, there is, for example, in the middle between the route sections (15) and (20) a further driveway section (30). According to FIGS. 13 and 14, the workpiece carriage (6) is - parked on the transfer section (36) - in front of the end of the travel path section (31). From there, the workpiece trolley (6) can easily drive onto the travel path section (30). According to FIGS. 15 and 16, the lifting carriage (53) has been moved into the upper holding position by means of the threaded spindle (52) so that the workpiece carriage (6) is located directly in front of the travel path section (20). FIG. 17 shows the top view of the variant according to FIG. 13. According to FIG. 18, the lifting frame (51) is alternatively positioned in front of the ends (16, 21, 31) of the track sections (15, 20, 30).

In FIGS. 19 to 21, a car group converter (60) is shown, in which, in contrast to the linear stroke converter (50) according to FIGS. 9 to 12, the straight, short transfer section (36) there is replaced by a straight, long transfer section (37) . Two or more workpiece trolleys (6) can be lined up one behind the other on the transfer section (37) so that they can be moved together with the lifting carriage (53), e.g. from the track section (15) to the track section (20) to be able to implement. In the embodiment, the relocating section (37) offers space for three workpiece trolleys (6). FIG. 19 shows a partial side view of the wagon group converter (60), FIG. 20 its front view and FIG. 21 its top view.

A double track lifting device (65) is shown in FIGS. 22 to 25. In this variant, the workpiece carriage (66), which is shown here only in its outlines, is supported on a double-track section (17, 22) of a To ensure more stable support base for carrying larger loads. On such travel sections (17, 22), the workpiece carriage (66) should also carry loads that have an eccentric center of gravity.

Each track section (17, 22) has two profile rails lying next to one another, the mutual spacing of which is at least as great as the width of the profile rails themselves. Both profile rails lie in one plane, e.g. is aligned parallel to the contact surface (3).

The workpiece carriage (66) has a wrap-around recess (67) with which it can handle the load-bearing path section (17, 22) e.g. c-shaped grips, cf. FIG. 23. In the wrap-around recess (67) a chassis is arranged with which the workpiece carriage (66) is supported on the two profiles of the respective track section (17, 22) in all directions transverse to the direction of travel of the workpiece carriage (66) stabi1. In the lifting frame (51) the threaded spindle (52) carries a Hubschlit th (68), on which two parallel, straight, short relocating sections (36) are arranged. The Umsetzab sections (36) have the same distance from one another as that of the profiles of the respective track sections (17, 22).

FIG. 24 shows the top view of the double track lifting set (65). According to FIG. 25, the mast (51) is alternatively positioned in front of the ends (18) and (23) of the track sections (17) and (22).

Figures 26 to 28 show a parallelogram converter (70). The latter moves a cantilever arm (77) on which, for example, the Um setting section (36) is arranged on an elliptical orbit curve (79) from the area of the track section (15) in the area of the track section (20) or vice versa. For this purpose, according to FIG. 28, a lifting frame (71) is attached to the support surface (3) behind the workpiece support frame (210). At the upper end of the mast (71) are at a distance of several centimeters or decimeters, two articulation points, each of which supports a trapezoidal rocker arm (72, 73) pivotable. The rockers (72, 73) jointly support the cantilever arm (77) at their end, which is narrower in the exemplary embodiment. Both rockers are there at - as parts of a lever or parallelogram transmission - aligned parallel to each other. The pivot axes of all joints are oriented, for example, parallel to the standing surface (3). To the cantilever arm (77) with the transfer section (36) between the

To move the ends (16) and (21) of the track sections (15) and (20) back and forth, a drive (74) with an eccentric or a crank is positioned below the rocker (72). A coupling rod (75), which is hinged directly to the underside of the rocker arm (72), is hinged on the eccentric or on the crank. In order to move the transfer section (36) - with the workpiece trolley (6) parked on it - up or down between the ends (16) and (21), the drive (74) with its eccentric or crank mechanism e.g. only one direction of rotation.

A face turntable converter (80) is shown in FIGS. 31 to 32. This converter (80) has a face rotation

disk (82) which is arranged in front of the front ends (16, 21) of the track sections (15, 20). The forehead turn

disc (82) has a center line which is positioned, for example, centrally between the center lines of the track sections (15, 20). All three center lines are therefore in one plane. The distance between the end turntable (82) and the frontal En the (16, 21) is a few millimeters larger than the length of the transfer section (36) carrying a workpiece carriage (6). The face turntable (82) is mounted via a disk shaft (83) in a lifting frame (81) in which the drive for the disk shaft (83) is also accommodated. The front surface of the lifting frame (81), according to FIGS. 29 and 32, is the right one

Side of the mast (81) lies e.g. in the plane in which the end faces of the ends (16, 21) also lie.

The transfer sections (36) positioned with little play in front of the ends (16, 21) are rotatably mounted in the end turntable (82) via a bearing pin (84). The latter is over the back of the front hub (82) to store a control lever (85) torsionally rigid on the bearing pin (84). The control lever (85) of each bearing pin (84) ends in a control bolt (86), which in turn engages in a fixed guide link (87). The bearing pin (84) and the control pin (86) have parallel center lines. The guide link (87) is a control ring in which an annular groove is incorporated into which the control pin (86) engages with its free end with little play. In the exemplary embodiment, the guide link (87) is arranged in a stationary manner on the lifting frame (81) such that the control levers (85), according to FIGS. 31 and 32, are aligned parallel to the contact surface (3). To move the workpiece carriage (6), the forehead turn is used

disk (82) rotates ge by 180 degrees about its center line. In order to prevent the combination of transfer section (36) and workpiece carriage (6) from swinging, the transfer section (36), which moves on a circular trajectory (89), is supported. Via the bearing pin (84), the control lever (85) and its control pin (86) in the guide link (87) so that the workpiece carriage (6) maintains its predefined orientation from the track section (15).

If the guide link (87), as shown in FIG. 31, is laterally offset by the control lever length parallel to the standing surface (3) - or perpendicular to the plane defined by the center lines of the track sections (15) and (20) , the pendulum angle of the workpiece carriage (6) is minimal or zero with minimal play.

In a simplified - not shown - sub-variant, omitting the link guide (84-87) the

The face turntable (82) can be replaced by a pivotable lever. A transfer section (36) rigidly attached to the free end of the lever swivels the workpiece carriage (6) e.g. from bottom to top, where it is then transferred in an overhead position to a correspondingly adapted track section (20) for an overhead return trip.

Figures 33 to 36 show a lifting turntable converter (90) with which the workpiece carriages (6) are also conveyed along a circular trajectory (89) from one track section (15; 20) to another track section (20; 15). However, the lifting turntable (92) sits in a plane that is parallel to the plane that is spanned by the center lines of the Fahrwegab sections (15) and (20).

In order to allow the lifting turntable (92) to rotate in only one direction instead of a pendulum motion, the lifting turntable (92) is mounted on the, for example, hollow disk shaft (93) so that it can be moved longitudinally. According to Figure 34, the lifting turntable (92) has been moved so close to the mast (91) that the transfer section (36) is aligned with the travel path section (15). With the workpiece carriage (6) moved onto the transfer section (36), the lifting turntable (92) and the guide link (87) are moved away from the travel path section (15) and (20) on the disk shaft (93) so that when the Lifting rotary disk (92) of the workpiece carriage (6) does not contact the track sections (15, 20), cf. Figure 35. Now the lifting turntable (92) can convey the workpiece carriage (6) upwards in front of the travel path section (20). After reaching the upper position, the lifting turntable (92) and the guide link (87) are moved again in the direction of the lifting frame (91) until the transfer starts

section (36) with the workpiece carriage (6) parked on it has arrived directly in front of the end (21) of the driveway section (20). The workpiece carriage (6) can now drive onto the travel path section (20).

In order to avoid overhead travel here as well, the guide link (87) already known from the previous variant is arranged behind the lifting turntable (92). The pivotable mounting of the transfer section (36) and the corresponding articulation with the aid of the control lever (85) can be seen in full from the variant according to FIGS. 29 to 32. The guide link (87) is e.g. attached to an axle mounted in the hollow disk shaft (93) in order to be moved together with the lift disk (92) with the aid of the drive generating the lift of the lift turntable (92). The connection of the guide link and the shaft are not shown here.

In the exemplary embodiments, the driving sections are located in pairs in one level, these levels being either are arranged parallel to the footprint (3) or perpendicular to this. Of course, these planes can assume any angle with respect to the standing surface (3). There is also the possibility of combining one or more transfer devices (40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 70, 80, 90) with one another in whole or in part within the transport system (2).

List of reference symbols:

1 machine bed

2 workpiece transport system, monorail transport system

3 Stand area, floor

6 workpiece trolleys, transport trolleys including the

simplified representation

7 wrap-around recess

8 Forward direction of (6)

9 Workpiece, plate-like and / or board-like

10 Route, simplified representation

15 track section, front, bottom; Track

16 End of track section, front, bottom

17 track section, double track, front, bottom; Track

18 End of track section, double-track, front, bottom

20 track section, front, top; Track

21 End of track section, front, top

22 track section, double track, front, top; Track

23 End of track section, double-track, front, top

25 track section, rear; Track

26 End of track section, rear

30 track section, center; Track

31 End of track section, in the middle

35 transfer section, curved; Track

36 transfer section, straight, short; Track

37 transfer section, straight, long; Track 40 half oval converter, relocating device; Track

45 semi-oval switch, transfer device; Track

46 swivel axis from (35)

50 linear stroke converters, converting device; Route 51 mast

52 threaded spindle

53 lifting carriage, short

54 Curve, straight

55 lifting switch transfer device, transfer device; Track

60 group transfer unit, transfer device; Track

65 double track lifting device, transfer device; Track

66 workpiece trolleys

67 wrap-around recess

68 lifting carriage, long; for (17) and (22)

70 parallelogram converter, relocating device; Track

71 mast

72 swing arm, below

73 Swingarm, above

74 drive

75 coupling rod

77 cantilever arm

79 Orbit curve, elliptical 80 face turntable converter, converter; Route 81 mast

82 front turntable, turntable

83 disc shaft

84 bearing journals

85 joystick

86 control bolts

87 Guide link, control ring

89 trajectory curve, circular path

90 lifting turntable converter, transfer device;

Track

91 mast

92 lift turntable, turntable

93 Disc shaft, hollow

210 workpiece support frame

221 transport rail, rail

223 support bracket

227 mounting rails

231 racks

235 multi-conductor power and multi-conductor signal rails

237 busbar cover

261 body, angular

262 runner block, recirculating ball shoe

264 drive unit from (6), servo motor

Motor, if necessary with integrated gear 266 gear housing, plate-shaped

267 bearing block with two roller bearings

271 Drive shaft, auxiliary shaft

272 Drive wheel, large, below

273 output gear, small, above

282 lubrication wheel, felt wheel

285 cantilever arm, sheet metal component

286 Current and signal collectors, springy; customer

290 collet

291 pliers housing

294 sledges

295, 296 gripping elements

297 drive unit, link drive,

Servo motor, gear motor

310 bearing blocks

311 roles

Claims

Patent claims:

1. Transfer device for self-propelled workpiece trolleys (6) of a transport system (2), in which the ends (16, 21, 26, 31) of one or more track sections (15, 20, 25, 30) can be connected continuously or discontinuously,

- With either the ends (16, 21, 26, 31) of the track

Sections (15, 20, 25, 30) are connected via rigid, at least partially curved transfer sections (35),

- Or where in front of the ends (16, 21, 26, 31) of the track

cuts (15, 20, 25, 30) a - along a straight or curved trajectory (54, 89) slidable - one or more workpiece trolleys (6) carrying transfer section (36, 37) can be temporarily arranged via a drivable Gear between the ends (16, 21, 26, 31) can be moved back and forth.

2. Transfer device according to claim 1, characterized in that their arrangement in pairs forms a closed rail system.

3. Transfer device according to claim 1, characterized in that the track ends (16, 18, 21, 23, 26, 31) lie in a common plane that is cut perpendicularly from the center lines of the tracks (15, 20, 25, 30) becomes.

4. Transfer device according to claim 1, characterized in that the trajectory (54, 89) is a straight line or a curve curved in a plane or in space.

5. Transfer device according to claim 1, characterized in that the curved transfer section (35) is pivotably arranged at at least one end on one of the track sections (15, 20, 25), the pivot axis (46) at least parallel to one of the track sections (15, 20, 25) is arranged.

6. Transfer device according to claim 1, characterized in that the straight transfer section (36, 37) is arranged to be movable on a straight trajectory (54) by means of a lifting carriage (53, 68).

7. Transfer device according to claim 6, characterized in that at least one transfer device on the lifting carriage (53, 68)

Section (36, 37) is arranged, on which at least one workpiece trolley (6, 66) can be temporarily parked.

8. Transfer device according to claim 1, characterized in that the transfer section (36, 37) directly or via a

Cantilever arm (77) is pivotably mounted on a lifting frame (71) by means of a parallelogram gear (72, 73).

9. Transfer device according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one transfer section (36, 37) is pivotably mounted on a turntable (82, 92), the axis of rotation of individual turntable (82, 92) is arranged parallel to the contact surface (3) of the respective transfer device (80, 90).

10. Transfer device according to claim 9, characterized in that the turntables (82, 92) can only be driven in one direction of rotation.

11. Transfer device according to claim 8, characterized in that the turntable (92) in addition to the rotational movement is also linearly displaceable along its center line.