CA1061273A - Device for transporting materials - Google Patents
Device for transporting materialsInfo
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- CA1061273A CA1061273A CA257,957A CA257957A CA1061273A CA 1061273 A CA1061273 A CA 1061273A CA 257957 A CA257957 A CA 257957A CA 1061273 A CA1061273 A CA 1061273A
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Abstract
DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING MATERIALS
Abstract of The Disclosure:
There are arranged a series of buckets for trans-porting materials, both sides of which are provided a plurality of chains in series. Any chain, to which no bucket is attached, is made to freely rotate around chain supporting axes located fore and back of it, and is made to be kept away from the line then being formed by chains attached to buckets, so that buckets without being attached to chain will decrease the space apart from each other.
Abstract of The Disclosure:
There are arranged a series of buckets for trans-porting materials, both sides of which are provided a plurality of chains in series. Any chain, to which no bucket is attached, is made to freely rotate around chain supporting axes located fore and back of it, and is made to be kept away from the line then being formed by chains attached to buckets, so that buckets without being attached to chain will decrease the space apart from each other.
Description
Background of ~he Invention:
~ his invention relates to a device for trans-porting materials.
Variousl~ contrived in the past were devices fox continuously transporting materials under process as those for automatically and successively making noodles, such as boiled, steamed or fried noodles. But these are generally of the constitution, wherein each of buckets with covers having been dosed with a predetermined unit amount of materials is mounted one after another keeping a uniform distance along rows of chains or the like disposed on both sides thereof, and is continuously or intermittently advanced in a predetermined speed.
In such a prior art of constitution is found a defect that the distance from one bucket to the following one is kept also in a straight line section of trans-portation a distance the same as that as needed for , . . . . . ` .
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1~6~2~3 buckets when the chain carrying the buckets runs around the sprocket wheel keeping buckets apart from each other, so that buckets advancing along a strai~lt line section must have idle spaces between adjacent one~; to result in a deficiency in promoting the transportable amount per unit time of the material under process.
~here has been proposed another device, wherein, for the purpose of arranging each bucket with a space as narrow as possible from the following one, every predetermined number of buckets are united into a group to be hung as a unit to the chain. In such an arrangement was also found a defect in that, a3 the chain and buckets are made to move separately, buckets hanging on the chain in running tends to slip off therefrom to result in a trouble~
~ummar~ of ~he Invention:
In view of the defects as stated above, this invention provides a tra~sporter mechanism, which may suitably adjust the gap distance between each bucket and the one following thereto in a manner that, in the straight line section along which the buckets are advanced, said gap distance is decreased but in the curved section, in which the chain i8 guided around the sprocket wheel, said gap is suitably enlarged by R~
extent as needed for making bucket to run along such a ¢urved section without being contiguous to the neighbouring bucket.
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~ ig. 1 shows in an elevation a t~ansporter device according to this invention, which is adapted to be used in an automatic boiled noodle ma~ufacturing plant;
- . ~ ~. . . - . . ,, , ~ . , 1~6~Z73 Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of the device shown in ~ig. l;
~ig. 3 is a side view of the device of Fig. 2 in a longitudinal sec-tion along the line 3 - 3;
Fig. 4 is a side view of the device of ~ig. 2 in a lo~gitudinal section along the line 4 - 4;
~ig. 5 is a front view of another embodical example of this invention depicted in an enlarged scale;
~ig. 6 is a side view of the device shown in Fig. 5;
~ig. 7 is a front view of a further embodical example of this invention; and Fig. 8 is an enlarged side view of a portion of the device shown in ~ig. 7.
Description of Preferred Embodiments:
Referring to an embodical example as depicted in Fig. 1 through ~ig. 4, sprockets 2~ 3 and 4 are rotatably supported throu~h horizontal axes disposed at both insides of the lower t~nk 1~ and further sprockets 5 and 6 are rotatably supported to the frame structure at the upper side of said tank 1. An endlessl~ circulating chain 7 is hung over above said sprockets such that, the chain beginning on the sprocket 2 at the inner ~-end of the tank 1 is led transversely in a straight line towards the sprocket 3 at the other end of said tank, and it is made to tur~ around the sprocket 3, and is led transversely in a straight line towards the sprocket 4 located at said end, and the chain 7 is led to turn around the sprocket 4 to be led upwards to the sprocket 6. After having been led straightly forward and backward within the upper tank 1 in a similar manner as stated above, the chain 7 is guided :1~6~Z~73 through the cooling tank 8 as well as the sterilizer tank 9, and then made to turn around the deflector sprockets 10, 11, 12, 1~, 14 and 15 provided outside of the tank, and led again to the upper sprocket 5.
Now the device for adjusti.ng the gap distances between t successive buckets will be illustrated: the circulating chain 7 is assembled in a manner that plurality of link plates 16, 16' are connected b~ pins 17, hangers 19 are provided on ever~ fourth one of said link plates 16, 16', pins 17, 17 attached to both ends of each link plate 16 are provided with guide rollers 20~ 20 attached thereta, and each perforated bucket 18 carrying material under process are supported by said hanger 19. At the outer sides of each link plate 16, which carries a bucket~ are provided guide rollers 20, 20' protruding outwards therefrom, said guide : .
rollers being adapted to slidabl~ fitted into guide grooves ~
21 provided on the inner surfaces 17 1~ of the tank 1. ~he guide groove 21 is curved from the vertical direction to the ~-horizontal direction along the pitch circle C of the sprocket :
~ his invention relates to a device for trans-porting materials.
Variousl~ contrived in the past were devices fox continuously transporting materials under process as those for automatically and successively making noodles, such as boiled, steamed or fried noodles. But these are generally of the constitution, wherein each of buckets with covers having been dosed with a predetermined unit amount of materials is mounted one after another keeping a uniform distance along rows of chains or the like disposed on both sides thereof, and is continuously or intermittently advanced in a predetermined speed.
In such a prior art of constitution is found a defect that the distance from one bucket to the following one is kept also in a straight line section of trans-portation a distance the same as that as needed for , . . . . . ` .
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1~6~2~3 buckets when the chain carrying the buckets runs around the sprocket wheel keeping buckets apart from each other, so that buckets advancing along a strai~lt line section must have idle spaces between adjacent one~; to result in a deficiency in promoting the transportable amount per unit time of the material under process.
~here has been proposed another device, wherein, for the purpose of arranging each bucket with a space as narrow as possible from the following one, every predetermined number of buckets are united into a group to be hung as a unit to the chain. In such an arrangement was also found a defect in that, a3 the chain and buckets are made to move separately, buckets hanging on the chain in running tends to slip off therefrom to result in a trouble~
~ummar~ of ~he Invention:
In view of the defects as stated above, this invention provides a tra~sporter mechanism, which may suitably adjust the gap distance between each bucket and the one following thereto in a manner that, in the straight line section along which the buckets are advanced, said gap distance is decreased but in the curved section, in which the chain i8 guided around the sprocket wheel, said gap is suitably enlarged by R~
extent as needed for making bucket to run along such a ¢urved section without being contiguous to the neighbouring bucket.
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~ ig. 1 shows in an elevation a t~ansporter device according to this invention, which is adapted to be used in an automatic boiled noodle ma~ufacturing plant;
- . ~ ~. . . - . . ,, , ~ . , 1~6~Z73 Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of the device shown in ~ig. l;
~ig. 3 is a side view of the device of Fig. 2 in a longitudinal sec-tion along the line 3 - 3;
Fig. 4 is a side view of the device of ~ig. 2 in a lo~gitudinal section along the line 4 - 4;
~ig. 5 is a front view of another embodical example of this invention depicted in an enlarged scale;
~ig. 6 is a side view of the device shown in Fig. 5;
~ig. 7 is a front view of a further embodical example of this invention; and Fig. 8 is an enlarged side view of a portion of the device shown in ~ig. 7.
Description of Preferred Embodiments:
Referring to an embodical example as depicted in Fig. 1 through ~ig. 4, sprockets 2~ 3 and 4 are rotatably supported throu~h horizontal axes disposed at both insides of the lower t~nk 1~ and further sprockets 5 and 6 are rotatably supported to the frame structure at the upper side of said tank 1. An endlessl~ circulating chain 7 is hung over above said sprockets such that, the chain beginning on the sprocket 2 at the inner ~-end of the tank 1 is led transversely in a straight line towards the sprocket 3 at the other end of said tank, and it is made to tur~ around the sprocket 3, and is led transversely in a straight line towards the sprocket 4 located at said end, and the chain 7 is led to turn around the sprocket 4 to be led upwards to the sprocket 6. After having been led straightly forward and backward within the upper tank 1 in a similar manner as stated above, the chain 7 is guided :1~6~Z~73 through the cooling tank 8 as well as the sterilizer tank 9, and then made to turn around the deflector sprockets 10, 11, 12, 1~, 14 and 15 provided outside of the tank, and led again to the upper sprocket 5.
Now the device for adjusti.ng the gap distances between t successive buckets will be illustrated: the circulating chain 7 is assembled in a manner that plurality of link plates 16, 16' are connected b~ pins 17, hangers 19 are provided on ever~ fourth one of said link plates 16, 16', pins 17, 17 attached to both ends of each link plate 16 are provided with guide rollers 20~ 20 attached thereta, and each perforated bucket 18 carrying material under process are supported by said hanger 19. At the outer sides of each link plate 16, which carries a bucket~ are provided guide rollers 20, 20' protruding outwards therefrom, said guide : .
rollers being adapted to slidabl~ fitted into guide grooves ~
21 provided on the inner surfaces 17 1~ of the tank 1. ~he guide groove 21 is curved from the vertical direction to the ~-horizontal direction along the pitch circle C of the sprocket :
2, ie extended horizontally in a straight line along the tangent of the pitch circle of the sprocket 3 at the opposite . -end thereof, is curved then along the pitch circle of the sprocket ~, is again extended horizon-tally in a straight line towards the tangent of the pitch circle of the sprocket :
4, and is curvecl along the pitch circle of the sprocket 4 -to :~
be extended straightly upwards. As may be seen in ~ig. 2, if the chain 7 is turned b~ the sprocket 7 to be advanced around it and be driven along the guide 21 from the vertical ;
to the horizontal direction, then three each of l; nk plates ~0 16', 16' and 16', for example, just existing between bucket . 4 .
supporting link plates 16 and 16 will be pendent downwards, - as seen in Figs. 2 and 3, so that successive two buckets 18, 18 will be driven along the guide 21, with said buckets approaching to be about to touch each other, -to be curved into a horizontal direction (along the arrow "a") in a straigh-t line to be advanced towards the sprocket 3 at the opposite end.
Whi~e the chain 7 is turning around the sprocket 3 mentioned above, any rollers belonging to -the li~k plates 16', 16', 16' as well as to the link plate 16 then supporting the bucket are engaged with the sprocket 3, so tha-t the gap space between above said adjacent buckets 18, 18 will be enlarged to keep a predetermined amount thereby making the chain 7 smoothly to turn around the sprocket 3 along the guide 21.
Further, if the chain 7 be shifted into the curved guide for changing direction from the upper horizontal straight line section, the link plates 16', 16', 16' will be pendent to make the buckets to be contiguous to each other to move into direction towards the sprocket 4. As ~he gap space between adjacsnt buckets will be enlarged when turning around the sprocket 4, the train of buckets will also be capable o~
smoothly turning around the sprocket 4. ~he member designated with 16" is a plate for retaining -the roller 20, 20, that with 22 is a device for supplying materials to be processed, that with 23 is a hopper for taking out materials having been processed, that with 24 is a packaging machine, and that with 25 is a roller attached to the pin 17 for making the chai~
to slide thereover.
Another mechanism for adjusting above said gap space is shown in Figs. 5 and 6~
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lZ73 horizontally in a straight line, a chain convey~r 42 is provided to run slidingly over a stationary horizon-tal guide 41, and buckets 18 with mutual space shortened are put on said chain conveyer 42 to be transported in a straight line towards the arrow "a". The conve-~er arrangement is so adapted that, when it is shifted from a turning section 43 to the straight line section 44, three pieces of link plates 16' will be pendent downwards by a pressure and the like due to the rotation of the sprocket 2 thereby to decrease the bucket distance or to make them to be contiguous to each other. Bucket 18 will then abut through the protrusion 45 with the chain co~veyer 42.
A further mechanism varied from above for adjusting said gap space is shown in Figs. 7 and 8~ In this embodiment is devised that, within the hori~ontal straight line shifting zone 44, -the bucket 18 is adapted to be put on the stationar~
horizontal guide 51, and is slidingly shifted along the same.
Bucket 18 is mounted to ever~ third link 16' of chain 7, so that, when the chain 7 is in mesh with the sprocket 2 to turn around it (at bucket turning portion 43), the gap space between adjacent buckets 18, 18 will be maintained at a predetermined amou~t as shown i~ Fig. 8, and when the chain 7 is running along a straight line section 44, the chain 7 will be pushed towards the arrow "a'l by the rotation of the sprocket 2, and three pieces of links~16' between the buckets 18, 18 will be pendent downwards, so that the buckets 18, 18 will approach to or be contiguous to each other in slidingl~ running alo~g the guide towards the arrow 'la '," ~ .. . , .' ' . . ' ', ." i ' ' . '
4, and is curvecl along the pitch circle of the sprocket 4 -to :~
be extended straightly upwards. As may be seen in ~ig. 2, if the chain 7 is turned b~ the sprocket 7 to be advanced around it and be driven along the guide 21 from the vertical ;
to the horizontal direction, then three each of l; nk plates ~0 16', 16' and 16', for example, just existing between bucket . 4 .
supporting link plates 16 and 16 will be pendent downwards, - as seen in Figs. 2 and 3, so that successive two buckets 18, 18 will be driven along the guide 21, with said buckets approaching to be about to touch each other, -to be curved into a horizontal direction (along the arrow "a") in a straigh-t line to be advanced towards the sprocket 3 at the opposite end.
Whi~e the chain 7 is turning around the sprocket 3 mentioned above, any rollers belonging to -the li~k plates 16', 16', 16' as well as to the link plate 16 then supporting the bucket are engaged with the sprocket 3, so tha-t the gap space between above said adjacent buckets 18, 18 will be enlarged to keep a predetermined amount thereby making the chain 7 smoothly to turn around the sprocket 3 along the guide 21.
Further, if the chain 7 be shifted into the curved guide for changing direction from the upper horizontal straight line section, the link plates 16', 16', 16' will be pendent to make the buckets to be contiguous to each other to move into direction towards the sprocket 4. As ~he gap space between adjacsnt buckets will be enlarged when turning around the sprocket 4, the train of buckets will also be capable o~
smoothly turning around the sprocket 4. ~he member designated with 16" is a plate for retaining -the roller 20, 20, that with 22 is a device for supplying materials to be processed, that with 23 is a hopper for taking out materials having been processed, that with 24 is a packaging machine, and that with 25 is a roller attached to the pin 17 for making the chai~
to slide thereover.
Another mechanism for adjusting above said gap space is shown in Figs. 5 and 6~
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lZ73 horizontally in a straight line, a chain convey~r 42 is provided to run slidingly over a stationary horizon-tal guide 41, and buckets 18 with mutual space shortened are put on said chain conveyer 42 to be transported in a straight line towards the arrow "a". The conve-~er arrangement is so adapted that, when it is shifted from a turning section 43 to the straight line section 44, three pieces of link plates 16' will be pendent downwards by a pressure and the like due to the rotation of the sprocket 2 thereby to decrease the bucket distance or to make them to be contiguous to each other. Bucket 18 will then abut through the protrusion 45 with the chain co~veyer 42.
A further mechanism varied from above for adjusting said gap space is shown in Figs. 7 and 8~ In this embodiment is devised that, within the hori~ontal straight line shifting zone 44, -the bucket 18 is adapted to be put on the stationar~
horizontal guide 51, and is slidingly shifted along the same.
Bucket 18 is mounted to ever~ third link 16' of chain 7, so that, when the chain 7 is in mesh with the sprocket 2 to turn around it (at bucket turning portion 43), the gap space between adjacent buckets 18, 18 will be maintained at a predetermined amou~t as shown i~ Fig. 8, and when the chain 7 is running along a straight line section 44, the chain 7 will be pushed towards the arrow "a'l by the rotation of the sprocket 2, and three pieces of links~16' between the buckets 18, 18 will be pendent downwards, so that the buckets 18, 18 will approach to or be contiguous to each other in slidingl~ running alo~g the guide towards the arrow 'la '," ~ .. . , .' ' . . ' ', ." i ' ' . '
Claims (4)
1. A conveyor for conveying materials through various processes comprising:
a series of successively arranged buckets;
a pair of spaced link chains positioned at the opposite sides of said series of the buckets, each of the chains having a series of first link means each of which is fixedly connected to a corresponding one of the buckets, two or more second link means between the successive first link means and pins interconnecting the respective ends of the adjacent ones of the link means; and, supporting means provided along the path of the con-veyor, the supporting means including at least one substantially horizontal section by which the buckets are supported so that the buckets on the horizontal section can be advanced in a conjoined condition permitting the second link means to depend from the first link means;
each of said buckets being further provided with a cover to hold the materials in the bucket in any angle position of the bucket.
2. A conveyor as set forth in claim 1 in which each of said first link means has guide roller means consisting of rollers mounted on the pins interconnecting the opposite ends of the first link means to the ends of the adjacent second link means and said supporting means comprises a pair of horizontal channel members which is provided at the opposite side of the conveyor to support and guide only said roller guide means of the first link means attached to the buckets so that the
a series of successively arranged buckets;
a pair of spaced link chains positioned at the opposite sides of said series of the buckets, each of the chains having a series of first link means each of which is fixedly connected to a corresponding one of the buckets, two or more second link means between the successive first link means and pins interconnecting the respective ends of the adjacent ones of the link means; and, supporting means provided along the path of the con-veyor, the supporting means including at least one substantially horizontal section by which the buckets are supported so that the buckets on the horizontal section can be advanced in a conjoined condition permitting the second link means to depend from the first link means;
each of said buckets being further provided with a cover to hold the materials in the bucket in any angle position of the bucket.
2. A conveyor as set forth in claim 1 in which each of said first link means has guide roller means consisting of rollers mounted on the pins interconnecting the opposite ends of the first link means to the ends of the adjacent second link means and said supporting means comprises a pair of horizontal channel members which is provided at the opposite side of the conveyor to support and guide only said roller guide means of the first link means attached to the buckets so that the
Claim 2 continued:
buckets are enabled to be advanced in conjoined condition while the second link means are permitted to depend from the first link means in said horizontal section.
buckets are enabled to be advanced in conjoined condition while the second link means are permitted to depend from the first link means in said horizontal section.
3. A conveyor as set forth in claim 1 in which said supporting means comprises endless chains means provided under the horizontal run section of the conveyor to support and move together with the buckets in the conjoined condition.
4. A conveyor as set forth in claim 1 in which said supporting means comprises a stationary guide plate means provided under the horizontal run section of the conveyor to support the buckets advancing thereon in the conjoined condition.
Applications Claiming Priority (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP50096374A JPS5221374A (en) | 1975-08-07 | 1975-08-07 | Automatic boiled noodle producing apparatus |
| JP50150067A JPS5272868A (en) | 1975-12-15 | 1975-12-15 | Automatic food producing apparatus |
| JP1975169974U JPS5653776Y2 (en) | 1975-12-15 | 1975-12-15 |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA1061273A true CA1061273A (en) | 1979-08-28 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA257,957A Expired CA1061273A (en) | 1975-08-07 | 1976-07-28 | Device for transporting materials |
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| CA (1) | CA1061273A (en) |
Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5137138A (en) * | 1991-01-24 | 1992-08-11 | Campbell-Hardage, Inc. | Methods and apparatus for chain length adjustment |
| US5205208A (en) * | 1992-07-23 | 1993-04-27 | Nelgo Manufacturing, Inc. | Food product carrier for an automatic cooking machine |
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1976
- 1976-07-28 CA CA257,957A patent/CA1061273A/en not_active Expired
Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5137138A (en) * | 1991-01-24 | 1992-08-11 | Campbell-Hardage, Inc. | Methods and apparatus for chain length adjustment |
| US5205208A (en) * | 1992-07-23 | 1993-04-27 | Nelgo Manufacturing, Inc. | Food product carrier for an automatic cooking machine |
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