Vertical conveyor with pressure support of a push chain

Abstract

Vertical conveyor (10) for the continuous conveying of goods, in particular bulk goods, in a vertical direction, the vertical conveyor (10) comprising at least: at least one conveyor base (12), a conveyor head (14) arranged vertically above it, and a conveyor section (16) extending from the conveyor base (12) to the conveyor head (14) in a closed circumferential arrangement, and comprising at least one drive means and a plurality of conveying elements (18), in particular buckets, attached to the drive means for receiving the goods; at least one drive (20) for driving the at least one drive means to a circular motion in a circular plane; wherein the drive means is a push chain (22) with chain links (24), wherein the chain links (24) are designed and / or arranged such that buckling outwards relative to an adjacent chain link (24) in the circular plane beyond a swivel angle of 180° is prevented;at least one support (26), wherein the self-contained push chain (22) rests on the at least one support (26) with an outer side (22a) facing outwards in the plane of rotation of the push chain (22), wherein the support (26) rotates when the push chain (22) rotates; characterized in that the vertical conveyor (10) has at least one pressure support wheel (28), wherein the self-contained push chain (22) rests on the at least one pressure support wheel (28) with an inner side (22b) facing inwards in the plane of rotation of the push chain (22), wherein the pressure support wheel (28) rotates when the push chain (22) rotates.