MXPA00007750A - Conveyer with supporting device for a goods container - Google Patents

Abstract

A conveyor (1) to convey goods from a first work station to a second work station comprising a supporting device (20) able to support a container into which the goods conveyed by the conveyor are allowed to fall, the supporting device (20) being mobile vertically and horizontally with respect to the ground to adapt to the shape and size of the containers it has to support and being foldable into a configuration occupying least space when not in use.

Description

CONVEYOR WITH SUPPORT DEVICE FOR A PRODUCT CONTAINER DESCRIPTION The present invention relates to a conveyor with a support device for a container able to receive the products transported by the conveyor. In the present invention, reference is made in particular to a conveyor of the type for taking parts from a lower surface and transporting them towards a higher loading area. Said type of conveyor is particularly suitable to be used for molded plastic products produced by normal molding machines; However, you can find use in many other fields of application. To take parts from a lower level surface and transport them to a higher load area, conveyors are used provided with an endless belt placed horizontally in a first portion for the loading of the pieces and inclined in a second portion for raise them. Upon reaching the top of the inclined surface of the conveyor, the pieces were dropped in containers or boxes collected and then transported for storage or other processing steps. At present the containers for collecting the pieces transported by the conveyor are placed behind the inclined surface of the conveyor. Such containers, depending on their size, should be placed at an appropriate height from the base and at an adequate distance from the conveyor belt.

- "" "• In the present conveyors according to the prior art they are not provided with a support device for the containers for collecting the pieces and therefore said containers are suitably placed behind the conveyor making use of improvised means such as supports, platforms. and similar. It is obvious that such a method of placing and supporting the collection containers has several disadvantages. In fact, the placement of the containers is not precise and requires an excessive waste of time and effort on the part of the operator. In addition, when the size or shape of the collection containers change, the support media also has to be changed to allow the containers to be placed correctly behind the conveyor. This means an additional waste of time and resources by having different support elements for different types of containers. The object of the invention is to overcome such disadvantages by providing a conveyor with a carrier device for product containers that is practical, versatile, economical and easy to make. This objective is achieved according to the invention with the characteristics listed in the appended claim 1 attached. Preferred embodiments of the invention are apparent from the dependent claims. The conveyor according to the invention provides a support device for product containers placed on the back of the inclined surface of the conveyor. Said support device It provides a support surface that can move vertically and hopzontally with respect to the floor in order to adapt to the different types and sizes of containers that will be supported. Vertical movement allows the support surface to be adjusted to its height. horizontal, on the other hand, allows the support surface to approach or move away from the inclined surface of the conveyor. Vertical movement is obtained by making the support surface slide along grooved guides provided on the sides of the carrier. inclined surface of the conveyor, considering that the horizontal movement is obtained by means of a telescopic guide system. The supporting device according to the invention further provides a tilting system that allows the supporting surface to be placed in a position in which Takes up less space, ie in a position in which the support surface is parallel to the inclined surface of the conveyor. This position in which it occupies less space can be used to not hide the operations of work when the large containers that are placed directly on the floor are used The additional features of the invention will become more evident by the detailed description that follows, making reference to purely emply modalities and therefore not limiting thereof, illustrated in the attached drawings in which Figure 1 is an axonometric view of a conveyor according to the invention with a container support device in the working position, Figure 2 is a side view of the conveyor in Figure 1, in which the container support device is shown with a dotted line, in the position in which it occupies less space Figure 3 is an axonometric view of the support device of container according to the invention Figure 1 shows a conveyor denoted as a whole with the reference number 1 The conveyor 1 comprises a base structure 2 shaped as a rectangular structure supported on rotating wheels 3 so that it can be easily moved A surface horizontal load 4 and an inclined conveyor surface 5 are mounted on the base structure 2 The horizontal surface 4 is parallel to the surface of the base structure 2, is located at a lower level and serves to receive the molded articles that come from a molding machine The inclined surface 5 is anchored to the base structure 2 by means of elbow supports 18 and serves to convey the molded articles from the horizontal surface 4 to a station at a higher level A conveyor belt 6 is wound in an endless cycle along the horizontal surface 4 and the inclined surface i The slotted guides 7 are provided along the two sides of the inclined surface 5 The respective support plates 8 capable of supporting a supporting device of a container suitable for receiving the pieces transported by the conveyor belt couple in each grooved guide 7 The support device according to the invention, indicated as a whole with reference to number 20. is shown in greater detail in Figure 3. Each support plate 8 is in substantially L-shape. The rotating wheels 9 are mounted on each support plate (in Figure 3 two wheels 9 are visible in each support plate 8) and are intended to slide in the respective grooved guides 7 of the inclined surface 5. Holes capable of accommodating the locking handles 10 are also provided in each support plate 8 so that the plate 8 can be locked, in a desired position, within the respective grooved guide 7. The two support plates 8 are connected to each other by means of a connecting rod 11 so that they are made integral with each other. At the free end of each support plate 8 a hollow tube 12 having a rectangular cross-section is hinged. As shown in Figure 12, the hollow tube 12 is locked in such a position that between the tube and the inclined surface 5 there is an angle equal to the angle of inclination of the inclined surface 5 with respect to the floor. A substantially rectangular support bar 13 is inserted into each hollow tube 12 and can telescopically slide therein. In this way the two support rods 13 are parallel to each other and can slide inside the respective hollow tubes 12. The working handwheels 15 able to lock in position the support rods 13 sliding inside the hollow tubes 12 are provided.

A support surface 14 capable of supporting the containers intended to receive the products transported by the conveyor 1 are fixed on the support rods 13. In this way the support surface 14 is placed substantially parallel to the floor. The support surface 14 can slide along the support bars 13 to be able to be horizontally moved. The locking handwheels 30 are provided to lock the support surface 14 in position on the support rods 13. In order to move the support surface 14 vertically, the plates 8 are made to slide along the guide grooves. 7 located on the sides of the inclined surface 14; in this way the support surface 14 moves up and down as long as it remains parallel to the floor. Once the desired position has been achieved, the support device 20 is locked by means of the locking handle 10 which fix the plates 8 to their respective grooved guides 7. In order to move the support surface 14 horizontally, said surface is made to slide on the support rods 13 and / or the support rods 13 are made to slide inside the hollow tubes 12, to move the support surface 14 towards or away from the inclined surface 5 of the conveyor. Once the desired position has been reached, the surface 14 is locked in the bars 13 by means of steering wheels 30 and the bars 13 are locked inside the hollow tubes 12 by means of the steering wheels 15. Containers are used of large size that are placed directly on the floor, the support device is placed in a position in which it occupies less space, which are shown in simple scratch or in Figure 2, to avoid the filling operation of the container being hidden. In order to obtain the position in which it occupies less space, the hollow tubes 12 are rotated around the hinge point of the plates 8 to arrange the support surface substantially parallel to the surface 5.

Claims (1)

1. CLAIMS 1 A conveyor comprising a substantially horizontal surface placed at a lower level for loading products, in particular molded products, and an inclined surface for transferring such products to a higher level where they are dropped into a container characterized in that it comprises a device of support able to support the container, placed behind the inclined surface 2 A conveyor according to claim 1, characterized in that the support device comprises a surface, substantially parallel to the floor, mounted for vertical and / or hopontally movable 3 A conveyor according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said surface is transported by supporting plates mounted in sliding form in grooved guides made on the sides of the inclined surface, for vertical adjustment of the same. the indication 3, characterized in that the plates of The support is made integrally with each other by means of a connecting rod 5 A conveyor according to one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the surface is connected to the plates by means of a system of telescopic baira that allows adjustment horizontal of said surface 6 A conveyor according to claim 5, characterized in that the surface can slide on said system of telescopic strips and can be locked in position through locking means A conveyor according to claims 3 and 5, characterized in that the locking means are respectively provided for locking the support plates in place on the grooves and the telescopic rods each other. A conveyor according to any of the preceding claims. , characterized in that the support device can be tilted to assume a configuration that occupies less space, in a position parallel to and close to the inclined surface of the conveyor 9 A conveyor according to claim 8 characterized in that the position of the supporting device that occupies less space is obtained by engozándo the system of telescopic rods to the support plates 10 A support device for containers of products, in particular mouldable products, mountable on a conveyor according to any of the preceding claims