Fördersystem mit Mitnehmern für Kartons an Verpackungsmaschinen

A packaging machine having a carton conveying system incorporating an endless series of flight bars (6,7) movable through a working reach and a return reach. A ramp structure (12a) having a large radius of curvature is provided at the outfeed end of the working reach together with a large diameter chain sprocket (12) to extend the path of travel of the flight bars at the outfeed end of the working reach. The ramp structure is disposed adjacent of an outfeed conveyor (11) and a gap between the working reach and an outfeed conveyor created by virtue of the extended path of travel is bridged by rotatable support wheels (13,13a) having cutaway radial areas (14) which afford clearance for flight bars and peripheral support faces to provide support for cartons (C) transferred from the working reach to the outfeed conveyor.