US 12,151,896 B2
Roller conveyor system and method for transferring a roller conveyor system from an operating state into a maintenance state
Tino Kipping, Schmelz (DE)
Assigned to thyssenkrupp Automotive Body Solutions GmbH, Wadern-Lockweiler (DE); and thyssenkrupp AG, Essen (DE)
Filed by thyssenkrupp Automotive Body Solutions GmbH, Heilbronn (DE); and thyssenkrupp AG, Essen (DE)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/960,649.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 211 398.2 (DE), filed on Oct. 8, 2021; and application No. 10 2021 214 928.6 (DE), filed on Dec. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112182 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 13/02 (2006.01); B65G 13/12 (2006.01); B65G 21/14 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 13/02 (2013.01) [B65G 13/12 (2013.01); B65G 21/14 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roller conveyor system for conveying material, wherein the roller conveyor system is configurable in an operating state and in a maintenance state, the roller conveyor system comprising:
a frame;
a first roller conveyor positioned on the frame, the first roller conveyor including a first tube and first rollers at least partially within the first tube; and
a second roller conveyor positioned on the frame, the second roller conveyor including a second tube and second rollers at least partially within the second tube,
wherein the second roller conveyor is arranged in an operating position in the operating state of the roller conveyor system and the second roller conveyor is arranged in a maintenance position that is different from the operating position in the maintenance state of the roller conveyor system.