CA1085886A - Apparatus for assembling timber pieces to form stacked layers - Google Patents
Apparatus for assembling timber pieces to form stacked layersInfo
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- CA1085886A CA1085886A CA279,481A CA279481A CA1085886A CA 1085886 A CA1085886 A CA 1085886A CA 279481 A CA279481 A CA 279481A CA 1085886 A CA1085886 A CA 1085886A
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- feed conveyor
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- conveyor
- timber pieces
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G57/00—Stacking of articles
- B65G57/02—Stacking of articles by adding to the top of the stack
- B65G57/16—Stacking of articles of particular shape
- B65G57/18—Stacking of articles of particular shape elongated, e.g. sticks, rods, bars
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
This specification discloses an apparatus for assembling timber pieces to form stacked layers with or without sticks between the layers. The apparatus comprises a transfer device which includes two sets of fingers each of which sets serves for transferring a layer of a predetermined number of timber pieces advanced one at a time by a feed conveyor to a liftable and lowerable stacking table disposed in the feed direction of said conveyor after the conveyor, on which table the layers are positioned by the transfer device and stacked one above the other to form a timber package, and which with the growth of the timber package correspondingly moves in steps until the package is completed. Each set of fingers is advanced as a continuation of the conveyor to collect a plurality of timber pieces thereon to form each layer.
This specification discloses an apparatus for assembling timber pieces to form stacked layers with or without sticks between the layers. The apparatus comprises a transfer device which includes two sets of fingers each of which sets serves for transferring a layer of a predetermined number of timber pieces advanced one at a time by a feed conveyor to a liftable and lowerable stacking table disposed in the feed direction of said conveyor after the conveyor, on which table the layers are positioned by the transfer device and stacked one above the other to form a timber package, and which with the growth of the timber package correspondingly moves in steps until the package is completed. Each set of fingers is advanced as a continuation of the conveyor to collect a plurality of timber pieces thereon to form each layer.
Description
~5~3~6 This invention relates to an apparatus for assembling timber pieces to form stacked layers with or without sticks between the layers.
Package arrangers of the aforesaid kind are previously known and comprise, in addition to a transfer device, a special layer assembler conveyor in direct connection to the delivery end of the feed conveyor, from which layer assembler conveyor the transfer conveyor fetches a completed layer and transfers the same to the liftable and lowerable stacking table at the same time as the next layer to be transferred is assembled on the layer assembler conveyor.
In these known package arrangers both a layer assembler conveyor and a transfer device are required for being able to transfer a layer and at the same time to assemble the next layer. The present invention, therefore has the object of rendering a special layer assembler conveyor unnecessary and to produce a package arranger, the transfer device of which serves also as a layer assembler and renders it ;~
possible to assemble a layer while a layer already assembled is being transferred to the stacking table, and where the distance for transferring assembled layers to the stacking table is relatively short.
- According to this invention there is provided apparatus for assembling timber pieces to form stacked layers, comprising a feed conveyor having a delivery end to which said feed conveyor is arranged to deliver timber pieces successively, a liftable and lowerable stacking table provided after the feed conveyor in its feed direction, and a transfer device for receiving timber pieces from the delivery end of the feed conveyor and transferring them in layers to form a stack on said stacking table, the transfer device comprising at least two carrier planes and means for moving said carrier planes after one another in phase with the feed conveyor and in a cyclic movement comprising a reciprocating movement component and of an - independent oscillatory movement component, each of said carrier planes being arranged to form a continuation of the feed conveyor beyond the delivery end thereof and to be advanced by said means for moving at such a speed relative to the speed of the feed conveyor that a plurality of timber pieces are delivered from the feed conveyor to the carrier plane and are collected on the carrier plane ;
to form a layer, being arranged to be moved by said ~j means for moving to transfer said layer of collected timber pieces to said stack whilst another of said carrier planes is moved by said means for moving to form a continuation of the feed conveyor, and being arranged after said transfer to be moved by said means for moving into a position of preparedness from which it is movable to form said continuation of the feed conveyor.
The invention is described in greater detail in the ;~
following, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a schematic lateral view of the apparatus according to the invention in a phase of the stacking cycle of the apparatus, Fig. 2 is a horizontal view of a portion of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3, which is on the same sheet as Fig. 1~ is a lateral view of the apparatus in a different phase of the stacking cycle.
Package arrangers of the aforesaid kind are previously known and comprise, in addition to a transfer device, a special layer assembler conveyor in direct connection to the delivery end of the feed conveyor, from which layer assembler conveyor the transfer conveyor fetches a completed layer and transfers the same to the liftable and lowerable stacking table at the same time as the next layer to be transferred is assembled on the layer assembler conveyor.
In these known package arrangers both a layer assembler conveyor and a transfer device are required for being able to transfer a layer and at the same time to assemble the next layer. The present invention, therefore has the object of rendering a special layer assembler conveyor unnecessary and to produce a package arranger, the transfer device of which serves also as a layer assembler and renders it ;~
possible to assemble a layer while a layer already assembled is being transferred to the stacking table, and where the distance for transferring assembled layers to the stacking table is relatively short.
- According to this invention there is provided apparatus for assembling timber pieces to form stacked layers, comprising a feed conveyor having a delivery end to which said feed conveyor is arranged to deliver timber pieces successively, a liftable and lowerable stacking table provided after the feed conveyor in its feed direction, and a transfer device for receiving timber pieces from the delivery end of the feed conveyor and transferring them in layers to form a stack on said stacking table, the transfer device comprising at least two carrier planes and means for moving said carrier planes after one another in phase with the feed conveyor and in a cyclic movement comprising a reciprocating movement component and of an - independent oscillatory movement component, each of said carrier planes being arranged to form a continuation of the feed conveyor beyond the delivery end thereof and to be advanced by said means for moving at such a speed relative to the speed of the feed conveyor that a plurality of timber pieces are delivered from the feed conveyor to the carrier plane and are collected on the carrier plane ;
to form a layer, being arranged to be moved by said ~j means for moving to transfer said layer of collected timber pieces to said stack whilst another of said carrier planes is moved by said means for moving to form a continuation of the feed conveyor, and being arranged after said transfer to be moved by said means for moving into a position of preparedness from which it is movable to form said continuation of the feed conveyor.
The invention is described in greater detail in the ;~
following, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a schematic lateral view of the apparatus according to the invention in a phase of the stacking cycle of the apparatus, Fig. 2 is a horizontal view of a portion of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3, which is on the same sheet as Fig. 1~ is a lateral view of the apparatus in a different phase of the stacking cycle.
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In the drawings, 1 generally designates a feed conveyor, which comprises a plurality of chains 2 arranged to the side of each other and having pushers 2a. The speed of this conveyor~ measured in the number of pushers per minute, is adjustable as desired, for example by means of a variator (not shown), which can be coupled to the drive shaft ~not shown~ for the chains 2 of the feed conveyor which at the delivery end 3 of said conveyor turn over sprockets 4. The speed of the feed conveyor is recorded, lQ for example, by a pulse emitter provided on said drive shaft and is reported to a programmed control unit (not shown) for the package arranger according to the invention.
According to the present invention, at least two individually movable carrier planes 5 and 6 are provided in direct connection to the delivery end 3 of the feed conveyor. They act consecutively after one another each both as layer assembler and transfer device and are caused to move cyclically by control of said control unit in - the manner as described in the following. In Fig. 1 the ;
carrier plane 5 is shown as a continuation of the feed conveyor 1 and acts in this position as a layer assembler, while the other carrier plane 6 in Fig. 1 is show~ prepared to take over the layer assemblying function from the carrier plane 5 when this latter carrier plane after been provided with a layer transfers the same to a timber package being assembled, which generally is designated by 7 and supported on a liftable and lowerable stacking table 8 in a hoisting device provided after the delivery end of the feed conveyor.
3Q The carrier plane 5 comprises a plurality of fingers 9, which are located to the side of each other and movable 5~ 6 each along a guide 11 pivotal about a point 10 and are supported on the respective guides 11 each by a carriage 12 having at least two runners 13 on the upper surface of the associated guide and at least one holder-on runner 14 on the lower surface of the same guide. In order to cause the carriages and thereby the fingers 9 of the carrier plane to move along the guides 11, the carriages are connected by a link 15 each with a drive mechanism 16, comprising an endless chain 17 or the like provided about sprockets 18, one of which is stationary on a drive shaft 19. Said drive shaft, thus, is common to all drive mechanis~s 1~ for the carrier plane 5 and thereby, thus the fingers 9 of this carrier plane are moved synchronously.
For liftin~ and lowering the carrier plane 5, the guides 11 are pivotal about their common support point 10 by piston-cylinder means 20, one for each guide 11 at the embodiment shown. At other embodiments, however, the ; guides can be interconnected by a transverse beam (not ;
shown), whereby the number of piston-cylinder means can be reduced substantially. When, as in the present case, one piston-cylinder means 20 is provided or each guide 11, all `
piston-cylinder means 20 are driven synchronously so that the fin~ers 9 of the carrier plane 5 are maintained on the same level. The carrier plane 6 is of a similar design as the carrier plane 5 and is also driven in the same manner and, therefore, it is not described in greater detail. For an easier understanding, however, the reference numerals referring to the different elements of this carrier plane are given a l-sign. 9', thus, designates the fingers of the carrier plane 6 and, for example, 20 designates the piston-cylinder means for lifting and lowering ~8~
the carrier plane 6.
In Fig. 1 the carrier plane 5 is shown in a phase of its cyclic movement or stacking cycle, during which a layer 21 is being assembled on the plane directly from the feed conveyor 1, and more precisely in a position, in which the carrier plane 5 after preceding positioning of timber piece thereon has been advanced or is being advanced one step corresponding to at least the width of the next timber piece to be advanced by the feed conveyor 1, in order to be able to receive in the e~ample the last timber piece 22 of the layer 21. As soon as this timber piece 22 has been transferred onto the fingers 9 of the carrier plane, which transfer takes place by means of the pushers 2a of the feed conveyor, the carrier plane 5 is moved ahead along its guides 11, and also the other carrier plane 6 in position of preparedness is moved along its guides 11', which in this position assume the same position of inclination as the guides 11 of the carrier plane 5. The carrier plane 6 is moved only through such a distance as with its point to lie at a distance from the delivery end
In the drawings, 1 generally designates a feed conveyor, which comprises a plurality of chains 2 arranged to the side of each other and having pushers 2a. The speed of this conveyor~ measured in the number of pushers per minute, is adjustable as desired, for example by means of a variator (not shown), which can be coupled to the drive shaft ~not shown~ for the chains 2 of the feed conveyor which at the delivery end 3 of said conveyor turn over sprockets 4. The speed of the feed conveyor is recorded, lQ for example, by a pulse emitter provided on said drive shaft and is reported to a programmed control unit (not shown) for the package arranger according to the invention.
According to the present invention, at least two individually movable carrier planes 5 and 6 are provided in direct connection to the delivery end 3 of the feed conveyor. They act consecutively after one another each both as layer assembler and transfer device and are caused to move cyclically by control of said control unit in - the manner as described in the following. In Fig. 1 the ;
carrier plane 5 is shown as a continuation of the feed conveyor 1 and acts in this position as a layer assembler, while the other carrier plane 6 in Fig. 1 is show~ prepared to take over the layer assemblying function from the carrier plane 5 when this latter carrier plane after been provided with a layer transfers the same to a timber package being assembled, which generally is designated by 7 and supported on a liftable and lowerable stacking table 8 in a hoisting device provided after the delivery end of the feed conveyor.
3Q The carrier plane 5 comprises a plurality of fingers 9, which are located to the side of each other and movable 5~ 6 each along a guide 11 pivotal about a point 10 and are supported on the respective guides 11 each by a carriage 12 having at least two runners 13 on the upper surface of the associated guide and at least one holder-on runner 14 on the lower surface of the same guide. In order to cause the carriages and thereby the fingers 9 of the carrier plane to move along the guides 11, the carriages are connected by a link 15 each with a drive mechanism 16, comprising an endless chain 17 or the like provided about sprockets 18, one of which is stationary on a drive shaft 19. Said drive shaft, thus, is common to all drive mechanis~s 1~ for the carrier plane 5 and thereby, thus the fingers 9 of this carrier plane are moved synchronously.
For liftin~ and lowering the carrier plane 5, the guides 11 are pivotal about their common support point 10 by piston-cylinder means 20, one for each guide 11 at the embodiment shown. At other embodiments, however, the ; guides can be interconnected by a transverse beam (not ;
shown), whereby the number of piston-cylinder means can be reduced substantially. When, as in the present case, one piston-cylinder means 20 is provided or each guide 11, all `
piston-cylinder means 20 are driven synchronously so that the fin~ers 9 of the carrier plane 5 are maintained on the same level. The carrier plane 6 is of a similar design as the carrier plane 5 and is also driven in the same manner and, therefore, it is not described in greater detail. For an easier understanding, however, the reference numerals referring to the different elements of this carrier plane are given a l-sign. 9', thus, designates the fingers of the carrier plane 6 and, for example, 20 designates the piston-cylinder means for lifting and lowering ~8~
the carrier plane 6.
In Fig. 1 the carrier plane 5 is shown in a phase of its cyclic movement or stacking cycle, during which a layer 21 is being assembled on the plane directly from the feed conveyor 1, and more precisely in a position, in which the carrier plane 5 after preceding positioning of timber piece thereon has been advanced or is being advanced one step corresponding to at least the width of the next timber piece to be advanced by the feed conveyor 1, in order to be able to receive in the e~ample the last timber piece 22 of the layer 21. As soon as this timber piece 22 has been transferred onto the fingers 9 of the carrier plane, which transfer takes place by means of the pushers 2a of the feed conveyor, the carrier plane 5 is moved ahead along its guides 11, and also the other carrier plane 6 in position of preparedness is moved along its guides 11', which in this position assume the same position of inclination as the guides 11 of the carrier plane 5. The carrier plane 6 is moved only through such a distance as with its point to lie at a distance from the delivery end
3 of the feed conveyor which corresponds at least to the width of a timber piece (Fig. 3). The carrier plane 5 in its turn, however, is moved to a position abo~e the stacking table 8, so that the timber piece last positioned thereon is located with its outer edge slightly to the side of a stop member 23 at the hoisting device. From this position the carrier plane 5 with its layer then is lowered by the piston-cylinder means 20 to position the layer on the table and on the uppermost timber layer thereon and then is returned, thereby pulling off the layer against the stop members 23 (see Fig. 3) to a rear ~ 58~ E;
; end position on the guides 11. These guides then are pivoted upward by the piston-cylinder means 20, so that they have the same inclination as the guides 11' for the carrier plane 6, whereafter the carrier plane 5 is moved to a position of preparedness behind the carrier plane 6 in order rapidly to be moved into the position of the carrier plane 6 when this plane is transferring its layer to the stacking table 8.
The advancing movement of the carrier planes 5 and 6 during the assembly of a layer directly from the feed conveyor 1 can take place continuously or in steps. This feed movement is controlled by said control unit in agreement -~
with the speed of the feed conveyor. The movement of the carrier planes along the respective guides 11 and 11' to the position above the stacking table, the return movement of the carrier planes and their movement to the position of preparedness behind the carrier plane being in layer ~-assembling position and, thusr being a continuation of the feed conveyor, must take place relatively rapidly, in any case the return movement of the carrier planes to the position of preparedness, so that a carrier plane safely can return to its position o~ preparedness before a layer ;
has been assem~led on the carrier plane being in the layer assemblying position. These movements as well as the lifting and lowering of the carrier planes by the piston--cylinder means 20 and 21', respectively, are also controlled by said programmed control unit. `
By using at least two carrier planes it is -possible according to the invention to position the stacking table 8 very close to the delivery end 3 of the feed conveyor. Thereby the layer assembly can take place over S8~6 the stacking table, which involves the advantage of a very short transport distance for transferring an assembled layer to the stac]cing table.
The invention is not restricted to the embodiment described above and shown in the drawings, but can be altered and modified in many different ways within the scope of the invention idea as it is defined in the claims.
It is possible, for example, to provide more than two carrier planes, and the fingers in each carrier plane can be driven by a common drive mechanism instead of one mechanism for each finger as shown in the drawings.
; end position on the guides 11. These guides then are pivoted upward by the piston-cylinder means 20, so that they have the same inclination as the guides 11' for the carrier plane 6, whereafter the carrier plane 5 is moved to a position of preparedness behind the carrier plane 6 in order rapidly to be moved into the position of the carrier plane 6 when this plane is transferring its layer to the stacking table 8.
The advancing movement of the carrier planes 5 and 6 during the assembly of a layer directly from the feed conveyor 1 can take place continuously or in steps. This feed movement is controlled by said control unit in agreement -~
with the speed of the feed conveyor. The movement of the carrier planes along the respective guides 11 and 11' to the position above the stacking table, the return movement of the carrier planes and their movement to the position of preparedness behind the carrier plane being in layer ~-assembling position and, thusr being a continuation of the feed conveyor, must take place relatively rapidly, in any case the return movement of the carrier planes to the position of preparedness, so that a carrier plane safely can return to its position o~ preparedness before a layer ;
has been assem~led on the carrier plane being in the layer assemblying position. These movements as well as the lifting and lowering of the carrier planes by the piston--cylinder means 20 and 21', respectively, are also controlled by said programmed control unit. `
By using at least two carrier planes it is -possible according to the invention to position the stacking table 8 very close to the delivery end 3 of the feed conveyor. Thereby the layer assembly can take place over S8~6 the stacking table, which involves the advantage of a very short transport distance for transferring an assembled layer to the stac]cing table.
The invention is not restricted to the embodiment described above and shown in the drawings, but can be altered and modified in many different ways within the scope of the invention idea as it is defined in the claims.
It is possible, for example, to provide more than two carrier planes, and the fingers in each carrier plane can be driven by a common drive mechanism instead of one mechanism for each finger as shown in the drawings.
Claims (3)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. Apparatus for assembling timber pieces to form stacked layers, comprising a feed conveyor having a delivery end to which said feed conveyor is arranged to deliver timber pieces successively, a liftable and lowerable stacking table provided after the feed conveyor in its feed direction, and a transfer device for receiving timber pieces from the delivery end of the feed conveyor and transferring them in layers to form a stack on said stacking table, the transfer device comprising at least two carrier planes and means for moving said carrier planes after one another in phase with the feed conveyor and in a cyclic movement comprising a reciprocating movement component and of an independent oscillatory movement component, each of said carrier planes being arranged to form a continuation of the feed conveyor beyond the delivery end thereof and to be advanced by said means for moving at such a speed relative to the speed of the feed conveyor that a plurality of timber pieces are delivered from the feed conveyor to the carrier plane and are collected on the carrier plane to form a layer being arranged to be moved by said means for moving to transfer said layer of collected timber pieces to said stack whilst another of said carrier planes is moved by said means for moving to form a continuation of the feed conveyor, and being arranged after said transfer to be moved by said means for moving into a position of preparedness from which it is movable to form said continuation of the feed conveyor.
2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein each carrier plane is arranged to be moved into said position of preparedness rapidly after said transfer.
3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or 2 wherein each carrier plane is arranged to be advanced, while forming said continuation of the feed conveyor, substantially over the stacking table.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| SE7606103A SE425075B (en) | 1976-05-31 | 1976-05-31 | DEVICE FOR LAYOUT CONSTRUCTION OF WORK LIFE WITH OR WITHOUT STRON BETWEEN LAYERS |
| SE7606103-5 | 1976-05-31 |
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| CA1085886A true CA1085886A (en) | 1980-09-16 |
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| CA279,481A Expired CA1085886A (en) | 1976-05-31 | 1977-05-30 | Apparatus for assembling timber pieces to form stacked layers |
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| SE (1) | SE425075B (en) |
Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4441847A (en) * | 1981-11-20 | 1984-04-10 | Pont-A-Mousson Sa | Method and apparatus for producing bundles of cast iron pipes |
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- 1977-05-27 NO NO771878A patent/NO151356C/en unknown
- 1977-05-30 CA CA279,481A patent/CA1085886A/en not_active Expired
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Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4441847A (en) * | 1981-11-20 | 1984-04-10 | Pont-A-Mousson Sa | Method and apparatus for producing bundles of cast iron pipes |
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| SE7606103A (en) | 1977-12-01 |
| FI771732A (en) | 1977-12-01 |
| FI64922C (en) | 1984-02-10 |
| FI64922B (en) | 1983-10-31 |
| SE425075B (en) | 1982-08-30 |
| NO151356B (en) | 1984-12-17 |
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| NO151356C (en) | 1985-03-27 |
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