US 12,291,401 B2
Deflecting device for an elongate item
Florian Knapp, St. Blasen (AT); and Julian Pötscher, St. Veit an der Glan (AT)
Assigned to SPRINGER MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH, Friesach (AT)
Appl. No. 18/702,895
Filed by SPRINGER MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH, Friesach (AT)
PCT Filed Oct. 13, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/078487
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 19, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/066779, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 27, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. A 50834/2021 (AT), filed on Oct. 20, 2021; application No. A 50835/2021 (AT), filed on Oct. 20, 2021; and application No. A 50126/2022 (AT), filed on Feb. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0327133 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 15/14 (2006.01); B65G 15/12 (2006.01); B65G 17/00 (2006.01); B65G 17/36 (2006.01); B65G 21/02 (2006.01); B65G 21/22 (2006.01); B65G 41/00 (2006.01); B65G 45/10 (2006.01); B65G 47/46 (2006.01); B65G 47/82 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 17/002 (2013.01) [B65G 15/12 (2013.01); B65G 15/14 (2013.01); B65G 17/36 (2013.01); B65G 21/02 (2013.01); B65G 21/22 (2013.01); B65G 41/002 (2013.01); B65G 45/10 (2013.01); B65G 47/46 (2013.01); B65G 47/82 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0217 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0282 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A deflecting device for an elongate item, comprising:
a receiving region configured to receive the elongate item in cross transport on an input side and to discharge the elongate item in longitudinal transport on an output side; and
at least two belt-type conveyors in a longitudinal transport direction arranged at an angle relative to one another, the at least two belt-type conveyors spanning the receiving region when the deflecting device is in an operating state;
wherein at least one conveyor wheel is arranged on at least one of a first transverse side and a second transverse side of the deflecting device, the at least one conveyor wheel configured to contact the elongate item and accelerate the elongate item in a direction of conveyance; and
wherein the elongate item is accelerated in the direction of conveyance by the at least one conveyor wheel upon transfer of the elongate item from cross transport to longitudinal transport.