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Article: German Inventors Develop Motor Roller Conveyor
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 2, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- Guenther Dingler of Ostelsheim, Germany, Werner Swoboda of Boeblingen, Germany, and Erwin Gross of Deckenpfronn, Germany, have developed a motor roller conveyor.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "roller conveyor including a plurality of driven rollers disposed in two parallel tracks. With each driven roller a separate drive motor is associated, which takes the form of a low voltage motor. The drive motors are supplied from at least one low voltage source. They are preferably hub motors, which are operated with direct current. By virtue of the low voltage technology, less expensive components may be used and the safety ...