Closed circuit switching machine, on a vertical plane, with devices to maintain the articles, transport planes in an essentially horizontal position
CA 2226726 A1 · Owner: Finmeccanica S.P.A. · Inventors: Faure, Andrea; Gennari, Nedo
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The invention concerns a switching machine of a type comprising a number of trolleys pulled by belts mounted on drive wheels set at the ends of the machine comprising a, mechanism suitable for imposing a counter-rotating motion on the trolleys so as to maintain them in a correct position while passing over the mentioned drive wheels said, mechanism comprising:, - A number of first sprockets mounted on a support firmly attached to drive wheels; - For each trolley, a sprocket firmly attached to the frame of the trolley suitable for, meshing with the said first sprockets when the trolley reaches the ends of its path; - Means suitable for imposing on the mentioned first sprockets a rotating …
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- Filed January 12, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 12, 2018.
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