US 12,337,404 B2
Transport system for transporting items to be soldered through a soldering system, and soldering system
Uwe Hofmann, Würzburg (DE); and Lothar Endreß, Wertheim (DE)
Assigned to ERSA GMBH, Wertheim (DE)
Appl. No. 18/706,718
Filed by ERSA GmbH, Wertheim (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 24, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/079550
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 1, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/083592, PCT Pub. Date May 19, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 129 079.1 (DE), filed on Nov. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0058393 A1, Feb. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. B23K 3/00 (2006.01); B23K 1/008 (2006.01); B23K 3/08 (2006.01); B23K 37/00 (2025.01); B23K 37/047 (2006.01); F27B 9/00 (2006.01); F27D 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 1/008 (2013.01) [B23K 3/08 (2013.01); B23K 37/047 (2013.01); F27B 9/00 (2013.01); F27D 2003/0059 (2013.01); F27D 2003/0072 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transport system (34) for transporting soldering material through a soldering apparatus (10), comprising at least one transport track (38, 40) extending in the transport direction (18), wherein the transport track (38, 40) comprises at least two transport rails (42, 44, 46, 48),
wherein a plurality of coupling elements (72, 120) are provided on at least one transport rail (42, 44, 46),
wherein the coupling elements (72, 120) comprise guide elements (58, 60, 61) which interact with transverse rods (56) which extend in a transverse direction (54) running transversely to the transport direction (18), and
wherein the coupling elements (72, 120) each comprise a guide part (100) having the respective guide element (58, 60, 61) and a fastening part (102) fastened to the respective transport rail (42, 44, 46)
characterized in that
the fastening parts (102) are arranged on the respective transport rail (42, 44, 46) so as to be axially adjustable and fixable,
in that the fastening parts (102) each have an actuating section (112) and the guide parts (100) each have a counter-section (110) cooperating with the associated actuating section (112),
in that the actuating section (112) and/or the counter-section (110) form an acute angle (α) with the transport direction (18),
in that the fastening part (102) is adjustable relative to the guide part (100),
so that the distance in the transverse direction (54) between the transport rail (42, 44, 46) and the respective guide part (100) changes when the fastening part (102) is axially displaced.