US 12,441,549 B2
Conveying apparatus for a packaging machine, transport apparatus for transporting products and a packaging machine
Hartmut Korte, Bramsche (DE); and Linus Wöhle, Schapen (DE)
Assigned to ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Appl. No. 18/019,019
Filed by ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/044483
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 31, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/035655, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20189305 (EP), filed on Aug. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0043218 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 17/08 (2006.01); B65B 35/04 (2006.01); B65B 35/24 (2006.01); B65G 17/46 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 17/08 (2013.01) [B65B 35/04 (2013.01); B65B 35/243 (2013.01); B65G 17/46 (2013.01); B65B 2210/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conveying apparatus in or for a packaging machine having at least one conveyor chain (1) which circulates in a chain running direction (5) comprising: a plurality of chain links (3) that are connected to one another in an articulated manner around a respective chain link axis (4) via transversely extending chain pins (2), wherein lamellar elements (6) are placed on the chain links (3) interchangeably, each of the lamellar elements (6) comprising lamellae (7) made of a spring-elastic material, extending outward from the chain links (3), oriented obliquely with respect to the chain links (3) and the chain link axis (4), and oriented obliquely with respect to the chain running direction (5).