US 12,151,903 B2
Transport unit for transporting aerosol cans and method for operating a transport unit
Steffen Osswald, Geislingen (DE); and Alexander Grieser, Böhmenkirch (DE)
Assigned to Hinterkopf GmbH, Eislingen/Fils (DE)
Filed by Hinterkopf GmbH, Eislingen/Fils (DE)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/551,500.
Claims priority of application No. 20020621 (EP), filed on Dec. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0185598 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 47/86 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/847 (2013.01) [B65G 2201/0252 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transport unit for transporting workpieces, the transport unit comprising a loading drum which is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation on a bearing journal and which is provided on an outer surface with a plurality of loading slides, each loading slide being accommodated on the outer surface of the loading drum such that it can move linearly along the axis of rotation and each loading slide comprising a workholder, the workholder is provided with a recess which extends with a profile axis parallel to the axis of rotation, wherein the profile axes of the recesses each intersect a circumference arranged coaxially to the axis of rotation, wherein the workholder is received on the loading slide so as to be linearly movable in a radial direction oriented perpendicularly to the axis of rotation between a radially inner first functional position and a radially outer second functional position,
wherein a circular guide track is fixed to the bearing journal, which guide track determines a guide path aligned circumferentially with respect to the axis of rotation and wherein each loading slide has a guide journal which is directed radially inwardly an is in positive engagement with the guide track along the axis of rotation, the guide track having a recess for decoupling the guide journal from the guide track at a predetermined circumferential position.