Conveyor device with improved adhesive properties
A conveyor device includes a conveyor belt with a surface oriented towards the outer face of the conveyor belt. The surface has a plurality of microstructures with protruding regions such that an object adheres to the surface when the object comes into contact with the surface on the basis of the resulting van der Waals forces.
1. A conveyor device, comprising:
a conveyor belt having a multilayer structure, including a supporting belt, an outer layer comprising a plurality of microstructures, and a flexible layer disposed between the supporting belt and the outer layer,
wherein the outer layer has a plurality of microstructures with protruding regions such that an object adheres to the outer layer when the object comes into contact with said outer layer on the basis of resulting van der Waals forces.
2. The conveyor device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the conveyor belt is a circulating conveyor belt comprising at least one first deflection element and one second deflection element, and at least one of the first and second deflection elements deflect(s) the conveyor belt by at least 120 degrees.
3. The conveyor device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the flexible layer is a liquid layer comprising a magnetorheological fluid.
4. The conveyor device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the conveyor belt is a circulating conveyor belt comprising at least one first deflection roller and one second deflection roller, and at least one of the first and second deflection rollers deflect(s) the conveyor belt by at least 120 degrees.
5. The conveyor device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the conveyor belt is a circulating conveyor belt comprising at least one first deflection roller and one second deflection roller, and at least one of the first and second deflection rollers deflect(s) the conveyor belt by at least 180 degrees.
6. The conveyor device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the flexible layer is a gel-like layer.
7. The conveyor device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the flexible layer is a magnetorheological gel.