AU702283B2

AU702283B2 - Unloading machine

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Publication number: AU702283B2
Application number: AU28573/95A
Authority: AU
Inventors: An Sung Sik
Original assignee: WON AN SEUNG
Current assignee: Won An Seung
Priority date: 1994-08-16
Filing date: 1995-08-16
Publication date: 1999-02-18
Anticipated expiration: 2015-08-16
Also published as: CA2156133A1; AU2857395A; GB9516734D0; GB2292364B; PL103209U1; ES1033163Y; CN2238815Y; ITMI950592U1; ITMI950592V0; ES1033163U; IT237113Y1; GB2292364A

Description

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Application Number: Lodged: Invention Title: UNLOADING MACHINE The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to us UNLOADING MACHINE This invention relates to an unloading machine for unloading heavy ore material like coal, cement, iron ore transported by a flat car or rail freight car from a mine or port.

There is known in the prior art, a forklifter or a fork-machine for rotating a freight car (a so called rotating dump,).

This must be operated by manually, and is expensive to equip. In addition, the prior art forklifter can only be used with a freight car of limited size, thus, it cannot cope with various sizes of freight cars and thus kinds of cargo material. Especially in winter, when the cargo is frozen, it takes too much labour to unload, and other trailers are needed to meet the freight car with the fixed machine.

S"I have appreciated that the prior art is deficient.

Accordingly, the invention generally resides in providing an unloading 15 machine to cope with the above mentioned problems, and which can trail freight cars without any aid of another trailing car. The invention also generally resides in providing an unloading machine that can easily unload frozen cargo which is stuck to the wall of a car.

Accordingly, there is provided an unloading machine comprising a first S: 20 frame having an inner side and an outer side, and a moving frame which is slidable along an inner guide rail attached on the inner side of the first frame, 4 and having first and second opposed unloading apparatuses each comprising: S" a cage movable along a further guide rail and having a rotatable member attached thereto, an operating arm connected to the rotatable member, a blade arm connected with the operating arm and having a scraper, a first cylinder operable to move the operating arm upwards and downwards in a generally vertical direction and a second cylinder operable to move the blade arm forwards and backwards in a generally horizontal direction, a third cylinder operable to move the scraper, the unloading machine further comprising a third unloading apparatus attached to the moving frame and comprising:

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-oh A 2 a bracket member moveable in a direction perpendicular to the inner guide rail, a slide bar received in the bracket member and fixed between two end plates of the bracket member, a fourth cylinder operable to move the bracket member in a direction perpendicular to the inner guide rail, an operating arm connected to the bracket member, a blade arm connected to the operating arm to which a bucket is fixed, a fifth cylinder connected between the bracket member and the blade arm, and a sixth cylinder connected between the operating arm and the blade arm.

There is also provided an unloading machine comprising a first frame having an inner side and an outer side, and a moving frame which is slidable along an inner guide rail attached on the inner side of the first frame, and having S first and second opposed unloading apparatuses each comprising: M Q .o 15 a cage movable along a further guide rail and having a rotatable member attached there to, an operating arm connected to the rotatable member, a blade arm connected with the operating arm and having a scraper, a first cylinder operable to move the operating arm upwards and 20 downwards in a generally vertical direction and a second cylinder operable to move the blade arm forwards and backwards in a generally horizontal direction, a third cylinder operable to move the scraper, the unloading machine further comprising a third unloading apparatus attached to the moving frame and comprising: a bracket member having a motor, a pinion and a spur gear on an outer side of a rotating column, an inner column telescopically inserted into the rotating column to form a column assembly and which extends and shrinks by action of a fourth cylinder, a fifth cylinder so arranged to move the bracket member and column assembly in a direction generally perpendicular to the inner guide rail by cooperation of a second further rail and a roller, 3 a scraper connected to the inner column by a sixth cylinder which is thus moveable up, down and rotatably.

There is also provided an unloading machine comprising a first frame having an inner side and an outer side, and a moving frame which is slidable along an inner guide rail attached on the inner side of the first frame, and having first and second opposed unloading apparatuses each comprising: a non-rotatable bracket frame movable in a direction generally parallel to the inner guide rail, with cooperation of a further guide rail and roller and action of a cylinder attached to the bracket frame, an operating arm connected with the bracket frame by a pin at the lower end thereof, a blade arm having a scraper fixed at an end thereof and connected with So* the operating arm at its middle position by a second pin, a second cylinder which connects the bracket frame and the middle 15 position of the operating arm 15, and a third cylinder which connects the operating arm and the blade arm at its ends, the unloading machine further comprising a third unloading apparatus attached to the moving frame and comprising: 99 20 a bracket member having a motor, a pinion and a spur gear on an outer side of a rotating column, an inner column telescopically inserted into the rotating column to form a column assembly and which extends and shrinks by action of a fourth cylinder, a fifth cylinder so arranged to move the bracket member and column assembly in a direction generally perpendicular to the inner guide rail by cooperation of a second further rail and a roller, a scraper connected to the inner column by a sixth cylinder which is thus moveable up, down and rotatably.

There is also provided an unloading machine comprising a first frame having an inner side and an outer side, and a moving frame which is slidable along an inner guide rail attached on the inner side of the first frame, and having first and second opposed unloading apparatuses each comprising: 1~ 0: 4 a non-rotatable bracket frame movable in a direction generally parallel to the inner guide rail, with cooperation of a further guide rail and roller and action of a cylinder attached to the bracket frame, an operating arm connected with the bracket frame by a pin at the lower end thereof, a blade arm having a scraper fixed at an end thereof and connected with the operating arm at its middle position by a second pin, a second cylinder which connects the bracket frame and the middle position of the operating arm 15, and a third cylinder which connects the operating arm and the blade arm at its ends, the unloading machine further comprising a third unloading apparatus attached to the moving frame and comprising: a bracket member having a motor, a pinion and a spur gear on an outer 15 side of a rotating column, a* an inner column telescopically inserted into the rotating column to form a column assembly and which extends and shrinks by action of a fourth cylinder, an fifth cylinder so arranged to move the bracket member and column .0 assembly in a direction generally perpendicular to the inner guide rail by 20 cooperation of a second further rail and a roller, S" a scraper connected to the inner column by a sixth cylinder which is thus moveable up, down and rotatably, wherein the scraper is a rotating scraper having rectangular blades which are connected by chains and are driven by a motor like a caterpillar, and wherein the first and second unloading apparatuses are located on the ends of the moving frame and the third unloading apparatus is located at the moving frame's middle position.

There is also provided an unloading machine comprising a first frame having an inner side and an outer side, and a moving frame which is slidable along an inner guide rail attached on the inner side of the first frame, and having first and second opposed unloading apparatuses each comprising:

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Jrv4) a cage movable along a further guide rail and having a rotatable member attached thereto, a bracket member attached to the rotatable member, an operating arm connected with the bracket member at its lower end, and a scraper movable upwards and downwards by actuation of a first cylinder and pivotable about the end of the further operating arm by actuation of a second cylinder, the unloading machine further comprising a third unloading apparatus attached t to the moving frame and comprising: a bracket member moveable in a direction perpendicular to the inner guide rail, a slide bar received in the bracket member and fixed between two t wo end plates of the bracket member, :a third cylinder operable to move the bracket member in a direction perpendicular to the inner guide rail, an operating arm connected to the bracket member, a b'lade arm connected to the operating arm to which a bucket is fixed, :o.pe a fourth cylinder connected between the bracket member and the operating arm, and 0 20 a fifth cylinder connected between the operating arm and the blade arm.

V Embodiments of the invention will now be described, by way of example Sonly, and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Fig. 1 is a perspective and schematic view of an unloading machine embodying this invention; Fig. 2 shows a side elevational view of unloading apparatus A-i, B-1, A-I' of Fig. 1 comprising unloading machine embodying this invention; Fig. 3 shows a partial cross-sectional and perspective view of A-i of Fig.

2; Fig. 4 shows a frontal view of B-1 of Fig. 2; Fig 5 shows a side elevational view of another unloading apparatus A-i, B-2, A-i' comprising unloading machine according to another embodiment of this invention; rRA4i'

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Fig. Fig. 8 shows a side elevational view of other unloading apparatus A-i, B-3, A-i' comprising unloading machine according to other embodiment of this invention; Fig. 9 shows a frontal view of apparatus B-3 according to other embodiment of Fig. 8; Fig. 10 shows a side elevational view of unloading machine comprised of B-2, A-2; Fig. 11 shows a side elevational view of unloading machine comprised of 1 B-3, A-2; Fig. 12 shows a side elevational view of unloading machine comprised of B-1, A-3; and 15 Fig. 13 shows a frontal and side view of another moving frame embodying this invention. Fig. 1 shows a representative unloading machine embodying this invention. The unloading machine comprises an unloading site, a fixed frame 20 comprising several steel bars F-2, a shaped hexagonal frame fixed S" 20 above usual rail moving frame slides along inner guide rail 'RI attached on the inner side of steel bar and extending along rail R, cooperating with roller 7 of moving frame W.

Fig. 2 shows a side elevational view of unloading apparatus A-1, B-1, A-1' of Fig. 1 comprising an unloading machine embodying this invention. A pair of unloading apparatuses A-1 are consisted of; a moving cage A-10 moves along guide rail 8 by the operating cylinder 4 and has a pinion 3 connected with a motor 2 to rotate spur gear I made on the outer side of rotating shaft 6. Thus, a rotating member 9 can be rotated by-the motor 2 and moves along guide rail 8.

An operating arm 15 is connected with a rotating member by pin 5. A blade arm 10 is connected with the operating arm 15 at its middle position by pin 51 and with a scraper 14 by pin 5' too. A scraper 14 is a bucket and can be used as a scraping blade (refer fig 7 41-1). A cylinder 12 makes the operating arm 15 1.

-V L rv^ 7 move upward and downward and a cylinder 13 lets blade arm 10 move forward and backward. The scraper 14 shall be operated by cylinder 11 to be at a certain inclined position.

Fig. 4 shows a frontal view of another unloading apparatus B-1 of Fig. 2.

The unloading apparatus b-1 is similar with apparatus A-1 of Fig. 2. Apparatus B-1 is assembled on the said moving cage M, and has a bracket member which do not rotate but just moves in a vertical direction of rail 'RI with cooperation of the guide rail 28 and another roller 8 attached to a bracket frame With the above structure, the unloading apparatus b-1 moves together with apparatuses A-i, A slide bar 4-1 is inserted into the guide hole 30' of the bracket frame 30 and fixed between the two end plates of bracket frame 30. A cylinder 4 makes the bracket member 30 move in a vertical direction of rail RI.

An operating arm 31 is connected with a bracket frame 30 by pin 5 at its lower end position.

S 15 A blade arm 33 at its end which a bucket 26 fixed is connected the said operating arm 31 at its end position by pin A cylinder 32 which connects the bracket frame 30 and the middle position of operating arm 31 and blade arm 33.

Another unloading apparatus A-1 is consisted of same members with apparatus A-i mentioned above. But it faces the opposite direction to direction that the 20 above apparatus A-1 faces.

Fig. 5 shows another unloading machine comprising unloading apparatuses A-i, B-2, A-i' embodying this invention. In this embodiment, the unloading apparatus B-1 of Fig. 2 is substituted with apparatus B-2. The unloading apparatus B-2 is similar with apparatus B-1 but rotated by the motor 23, pinion 22, spur gear 27 made on the outer side of rotating column 21.

Another inner column 24 is inserted into the said rotating column 21 telescopically and extends and shrinks by the cylinder 20. With cooperation of guide rail 28 and roller, the moving cage having column assembly still moves in direction of Y-axis (in the vertical direction of railroad 'RI) by cylinders 29 connects the moving cage and frame F-3. The rotatable column assembly makes it possible to unload cargo contained in a freight car having no side door PI in fig. 1.

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8 Fig. 8 shows other unloading apparatuses A-i, B-3, A-I' comprising unloading machine according to other embodiment of this invention. In this embodiment all the members are the same with the apparatus B-2 except the scraper 26 and a cylinder 25. Apparatus B-3 has a rotating scraper 70 of which rectangular blades 74 are connected by chains 71 driven by a motor 72 like a caterpillar. It is desirable that rectangular blades 74 are attached to chain 71 with bolts (not shown) to prepare for the changing blades 74. (refer Fig. 9) Fig. 10 shows unloading machine comprised of apparatuses A-2, B-2, A-2. Apparatus B-2 is the same with the apparatus explained in Fig. Apparatus A-2 has a similar structure with apparatus B-1 shown in fig.-4.

Apparatus A-2 is assembled on the said moving cage and has a bracket 1 •member 30 which slides on the guide rail 8 by a cylinder 4. An operating arm is connected with a bracket frame 30 by pin 5 at its lower end position, A blade arm 60 at its end which a scraper 61 fixed is connected with the said operating 15 arm 15 at its middle position by pin 51. And a cylinder 12 which connects the bracket frame 30 and the middle position of operating arm 15 and another cylinder 13 which connects operation arm 15 and blade arm 60 at its opposite ends.

"Fig. 11 shows an unloading machine comprised of unloading apparatus A-2, B-3, A-2. The apparatus B-3 has the same structure with that shown in fig.

8. Fig. 12 shows a side elevational view of unloading machine comprised of an unloading apparatus B-1 and a pair of apparatuses A-3. The unloading 4 i S• apparatus A-3 is similar with that of A-1 shown in fig. 2. But, scraper 14 moves upward mainly with the proper arrangement of cylinder 81, 82.

Fig. 13 shows another frame embodying this invention to be set on the unloading site Is,. An auxiliary rail R-1 is laid outside of rail 'Ri. And the movable frame having all the unloading apparatuses can slide on auxiliary rail R-1 with the roller go. With the above structure, all the unloading apparatuses can move X-axis (railway), Y-axis (in the vertical direction of rail a rotation of Z-axis. Thus, it can unload cargo in a freight car IT' without loss remains in the I.

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Claims

1. An unloading machine comprising a first frame having an inner side and an outer side, and a moving frame which is slidable along an inner guide rail attached on the inner side of the first frame, and having first and second opposed unloading apparatuses each comprising: a cage movable along a further guide rail and having a rotatable member attached thereto, an operating arm connected to the rotatable member, a blade arm connected with the operating arm and having a scraper, a first cylinder operable to move the operating arm upwards and downwards in a generally vertical direction and a second cylinder operable to move the blade arm forwards and backwards in a generally horizontal direction, a third cylinder operable to move the scraper, unloading machine further comprising a third unloading apparatus attached to the moving frame and comprising: a bracket member moveable in a direction perpendicular to the inner guide rail, a slide bar received in the bracket member and fixed between two end plates of the bracket member, a fourth cylinder operable to move the bracket member in a direction perpendicular to the inner guide rail, an operating arm connected to the bracket member, a blade arm connected to the operating arm to which a bucket is fixed, a fifth cylinder connected between the bracket member and the operating arm, and a sixth cylinder connected between the operating arm and the blade arm.

2. An unloading machine comprising a first frame having an inner side and an outer side, and a moving frame which is slidable along an inner guide rail attached on the inner side of the first frame, and having first and second opposed unloading apparatuses each comprising: ~r r I t a cage movable along a further guide rail and having a rotatable member attached thereto, an operating arm connected to the rotatable member, a blade arm connected with the operating arm and having a scraper, a first cylinder operable to move the operating arm upwards and downwards in a generally vertical direction and a second cylinder operable to move the blade arm forwards and backwards in a generally horizontal direction, a third cylinder operable to move the scraper,A the unloading machine further comprising a third unloading apparatus attached to the moving frame and comprising: a bracket member having a motor, a pinion and a spur gear on an outer .side of a rotating column, a inner column telescopically inserted into the rotating column to form a i column assembly and which extends and shrinks by action of a fourth cylinder, an fifth cylinder so arranged to move the bracket member and column

4."s A assembly in a direction generally perpendicular to the inner guide rail by cooperation of a second further rail and a roller, a scraper connected to the inner column by a sixth cylinder which is thus S• moveable up, down and rotatably. S3. An unloading machine according to claim 2, wherein the scraper of the third unloading apparatus is a rotating scraper having rectangular blades which are connected by chains and are driven by a motor like a caterpillar. 4. An unloading machine comprising a first frame having an inner side and an outer side, and a moving frame which is slidable along an inner guide rail attached on the inner side of the first frame, and having first and second opposed unloading apparatuses each comprising: a non-rotatable bracket frame movable in a direction generally parallel to the inner guide rail, with cooperation of a further guide rail and roller and action of a cylinder attached to the bracket frame, RAL~ 1 11 an operating arm connected with the bracket frame by a pin at the lower end thereof, a blade arm having a scraper fixed at an end thereof and connected with the operating arm at its middle position by a second pin, a second cylinder which connects the bracket frame and the middle position of the operating arm 15, and a third cylinder which connects the operating arm and the blade arm at its ends, the unloading machine further comprising a third unloading apparatus attached to the moving frame and comprising: a bracket member having a motor, a pinion and a spur gear on an outer .side of a rotating column, i i an inner column telescopically inserted into the rotating column to form a column assembly and which extends and shrinks by action of a fourth cylinder, t an fifth cylinder so arranged to move the bracket member and column assembly in a direction generally perpendicular to the inner guide rail by cooperation of a second further rail and a roller, a scraper connected to the inner column by a sixth cylinder which is thus 4 moveable up, down and rotatably. An unloading machine comprising a first frame having an inner side and an outer side, and a moving frame which is slidable along an inner guide rail attached on the inner side of the first frame, and having first and second opposed unloading apparatuses each comprising: a non-rotatable bracket frame movable in a direction generally parallel to the inner guide rail, with cooperation of a further guide rail and roller and action of a cylinder attached to the bracket frame, an operating arm connected with the bracket frame by a pin at the lower and thereof, a blade arm having a scraper fixed at an end thereof and connected with the operating arm at its middle position by a second pin, L <f. cl RA44 a second cylinder which connects the bracket frame and the middle position of the operating arm 15, and a third cylinder which connects the operating arm and the blade arm at its ends, the unloading machine further comprising a third unloading apparatus attached to the moving frame and comprising: a bracket member having a motor, a pinion and a spur gear on an outer side of a rotating column, an inner column telescopically inserted into the rotating column to form a column assembly and which extends and shrinks by action of a fourth cylinder, an fifth cylinder so arranged to move the bracket member and column assembly in a direction generally perpendicular to the inner guide rail by cooperation of a second further rail and a roller, a scraper connected to the inner column by a sixth cylinder which is thus moveable up, down and rotatably, wherein the scraper is a rotating scraper o having rectangular blades which are connected by chains and are driven by a motor like a caterpillar, and endswherein the first and second unloading apparatuses are located on the 00 endsof the moving frame and the third unloading apparatus is located at the moving frame's middle position. .0 6. An unloading machine comprising a first frame having .an inner side and an outer side, and a moving frame which is slidable along an inner guide rail attached on the inner side of the first frame, and having first and second opposed unloading apparatuses each comprising: a cage movable along a further guide rail and having a rotatable member -attached thereto, a bracket member attached to the rotatable member, an operating arm connected with the bracket member at its lower end, and SRA4,j ii 13 a scraper movable upwards and downwards by actuation of a first cylinder and pivotable about the end of the further operating arm by actuation of a second cylinder, the unloading machine further comprising a third unloading apparatus attached to the moving frame and comprising: a bracket member moveable in a direction perpendicular to the inner guide rail, a slide bar received in the bracket member and fixed between two end plates of the bracket member, a third cylinder operable to move the bracket member in a direction perpendicular to the inner guide rail, an operating arm connected to the bracket member, a blade arm connected to the operating arm to which a bucket is fixed, I: a fourth cylinder connected between the bracket member and the operating arm, and a fifth cylinder connected between the operating arm and the blade arm.

7. An unloading machine according to claim 1, wherein an auxiliary rail is laid outside the inner guide rail, and comprising a further movable frame having 4 all the unloading apparatuses slidable on the auxiliary rail on a roller.

8. An unloading machine substantially as herein described with reference to the embodiments shown in figures 1-4,5-7,8-9,10,11,12 or 13. DATED this 16th day of December 1998 AN SEUNG WON WATERMARK PATENT TRADEMARK ATTORNEYS 290 BURWOOD ROAD HAWTHORN VICTORIA 3122 AUSTRALIA VAX DOC023 AU2857395.WPC SKP/RJS/RES RA. L(V r ABSTRACT 0OF THE DISCLOSURE, The present invention is dirctcd to a unloading machine providing a newly contrived and improved unloading machine. Unloading machine according to this invention comIiVsU.9;' a fixed frame consisted of several steel burs and shaped ki hexagonal frame fixed above usual rii, a moving fraine slide along inner guide rail attached on the inner side of steel bar and extending along rail cooperating with roller of moving frame arid comrpises; a pair of unloading apparatus facing in opposite direction consisted of; a moving cage moves along guide rail by the operating cylinder and has a pinion connected with a motor to rotate spur geair attached to rotating shaft, and an operating arm connected with a rotating member by pin, a blade arm cunnected with an operating arm at its widdle position by pin and with a scraper which is a bucket and can be used as a scrapinig blade by pin, a cylinder makes operating anin move -upward arid downward and cylinder lets blade arm move forward and backward, a cylinder mukes the said scraper to he -at a certain inclined position,