B - Operations – Transporting – 61 – J
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
61
J
198/1, 104/49
B61J 1/12 (2006.01) B61B 12/02 (2006.01) B61B 13/12 (2006.01) B61B 15/00 (2006.01) B65G 17/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1040929
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE: In a transport system comprising at least one vehicle, a device for returning this vehicle at a line terminal, which comprises a conveyor forming a closed, partly circular loop at the terminal; a rotary platform having a substantially circular marginal portion, which is partly encircled by the conveyor; at least one lead-rail leading to the terminal and one return rail, both rails terminating with a believed portion in the vicinity of the platform marginal portion. Conveyor engaging means are carried by the vehicle to enable the vehicle to bear on the conveyor during the returning operation, and at least two wheels are carried by the vehicle and are adapted to constitute bearing members therefor, these wheels comprising each a first bearing surface located in a first plane and enabling the wheels to roll on the rails, and a second bearing surface located in a plane other than the first plane and enabling the wheels, after they leave the lead-rail and before they engage the return rail, to roll and slide on the platform.
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