US 11,993,461 B2
Device having a guide unit for guiding a conveyor belt
Wilfried Dünnwald, Kamp-Lintfort (DE); Michael Prenner, St. Margarethen bei Knittelfeld (AT); and Thorsten Koth, Neukirchen-Vluyn (DE)
Assigned to ScrapeTec GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort (DE)
Appl. No. 18/285,931
Filed by ScrapeTec GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 24, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/057781
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 6, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/214325, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 108 695.7 (DE), filed on Apr. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0083688 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 39/16 (2006.01); B65G 15/64 (2006.01); B65G 43/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 39/16 (2013.01) [B65G 15/64 (2013.01); B65G 43/02 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for guiding a conveyor belt, having a guide unit with an outer and an inner hollow-cylindrical body, the inner hollow-cylindrical body having a first central axis and being arranged in the outer hollow-cylindrical body, which has a second central axis, and both hollow-cylindrical bodies each have a central axis, with at least one bearing for rotatably mounting the outer hollow-cylindrical body on the inner hollow-cylindrical body and with an articulation body designed for mounting the inner hollow-cylindrical body on a central axle, wherein the articulation body is further designed to allow a horizontal and/or vertical change in angle of the first and/or second central axis relative to a central axis of the central axle, characterized by a measuring and evaluating system comprising at least one sensor unit arranged inside and/or outside the guide unit, wherein the measuring and evaluating system is designed to detect the horizontal and/or vertical change in angle.