US 12,229,624 B2
Conveyor roller
Dominik Langensiepen, Hückelhoven (DE)
Assigned to Interroll Holding AG, Sant'Antonino (CH)
Appl. No. 18/559,499
Filed by INTERROLL HOLDING AG, Sant'Antonino (CH)
PCT Filed May 9, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/062408
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/238289, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 112 177.9 (DE), filed on May 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0242042 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); B65G 39/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10366 (2013.01) [B65G 39/02 (2013.01); H01Q 1/22 (2013.01); B65G 2203/046 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conveyor arrangement (1) for conveying a conveyed object along a conveying direction (F), the conveyor arrangement (1) comprising:
a frame (3) comprising at least one longitudinal beam (31) which is aligned parallel to the conveying direction (F); and
at least one conveyor roller (2) fastened to the longitudinal beam (31) transversely to the conveying direction (F), the at least one conveyor roller (2) comprising:
a metal tube (21) which is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation (A) and provides a contact surface (21a) for a conveyed object and/or a conveyor belt on an outer circumferential surface; and
a communication arrangement (4), adapted for wireless communication, in particular a near field communication (NFC) arrangement or a radio frequency identification (RFID) arrangement, the communication arrangement (4) in particular adapted to provide information wirelessly to a reader (5) located in the vicinity; and
a gap formed axially between the metal tube (21) and the longitudinal member (31); and
wherein the communication arrangement (4) is arranged on the conveyor arrangement (1) in such a way that a predominant direction of radiation (V) of the communication arrangement (4) is arranged in the gap (33), and is aligned radially to the axis of rotation (A).