CN1241980A - A method and an apparatus for regulating the width between two support railings along a curved conveyor - Google Patents

A method and an apparatus for regulating the width between two support railings along a curved conveyor Download PDF

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CN1241980A
CN1241980A CN97181127.XA CN97181127A CN1241980A CN 1241980 A CN1241980 A CN 1241980A CN 97181127 A CN97181127 A CN 97181127A CN 1241980 A CN1241980 A CN 1241980A
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The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for regulating the width between two support railings (1, 19) along a curved conveyor path (2). The outer support railing (1) is flexible and, on adjustment or regulation, is released from connecting straight support railings (3) in that a locking device (5) is opened and the outer support railing may now be pulled outwards or alternatively pushed inwards to the desired position where it is locked in place by means of the locking device (5). The inner support railing (19) consists of a support plate (19) with an end (20) curved along the curved conveyor section (2). The support plate (19) may be reciprocated towards the centre of the conveyor section (2) and its width may be regulated with the aid of wings (22) secured beneath the plate (19). The position of the support railings (1, 19) may be regulated rapidly and entirely without the use of tools .

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Be used to adjust method and apparatus along the width between two support railings of curved conveyor
The present invention relates to the method for a kind of adjustment along a curve transfer path width between two support railings.The invention still further relates to a kind of equipment that is used to implement the method.These belt conveyor are along both sides and spread all over its whole length configuration support railings, so that product causes product can not topple during carrying with effective supporting on the belt conveyor to being carried in.Each segment of curve of belt conveyor is also centered on by support railings in both sides.
Belt conveyor also is used for the packing material that food liquid is disposable discardable type by this way, and these packing materials, after being to charge and seal in the charging arrangement, be sent to different auxiliary enginies in case of necessity, these machines, such as, for they dispose a kind of drinking straw or they are combined into each supply unit.Packing material often shape is a parallelepiped, and they may be than higher with respect to its base area, so they must supported during the whole stroke of a belt conveyor.The packing material that topples can cause operation to pause, and may cause damage to packing material.The most important thing is,, must provide the actv. supporting at each segment of curve place of a belt conveyor (can change to 180 °) from 45 °.
Belt conveyor designs to such an extent that corresponding one of the anchor fitting that can be used as charges machine usually, and at this place, each support railings welding is in place and can not do any adjusting or adjustment to it.Owing to constantly increasing for the interest that charges machine that can conversion be used to make different volume packing things on the market, no matter also improved for adjusting or regulate the demand that how all to constitute a kind of effective supporting along width between two support railings so that each fence packing material volume in the art in conjunction with a kind of like this belt conveyor that charges machine and adopted.Must more promptly regulate or adjustment and width between the support railings, and institute's time spent should be no more than from a required volume and charges the used time of machine to another volume conversion.
In patent documentation, narrated width how to adjust a flat transmission band, but those terms of settlement all contingent claim must serviceable tool, those methods all be relatively be not related to critical.A segment of curve width between two support railings of adjusting a belt conveyor can also have the other problem because, this moment on a bending section for external support fence and internal support fence the two, different on the distance that covers.
A project of the present invention be to realize the method for a kind of adjustment along the width between two support railings of a curve transfer path, can be implemented and be need not any instrument rapidly.According to the method for the present invention, must also can when changing, width between two support railings compensate the difference that occurs in outer and inner support railings distance on the two.
Reached according to these and other purposes of the present invention owing to providing typical characteristics by the illustrated class methods of introduction, this characteristic is, the external support fence is flexible, and it gets loose and is pulled outwardly from adjacent each the straight fence that is coupled together by blocking device and drags or be forced inwardly on the desired position in addition when regulating or adjust width, on this position, it is locked again, and the internal support fence comprises a plate along the transfer path bending, this plate can be loosened and passed forward or backward by means of lock screw, and this support railings plate can by be fixed in plate and be adjusted to required width by each fin that at least one lock screw is loosened.
Each preferred embodiment of the present invention further has been given in described each typical characteristics among appended each dependent claims.
Each preferred embodiment of the present invention will be illustrated with reference to accompanying drawing now below in more detail, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the equipment that the is used for 180 ° of curves plan view when being between the two support railings its width position;
Fig. 2 is the lateral plan of Fig. 1 equipment;
Fig. 3 is the opposite side view of Fig. 1 equipment;
Fig. 4 is the equipment that the is used for 180 ° of curves plan view when being between the two support railings its narrowest position;
Fig. 5 is the lateral plan of Fig. 4 equipment;
Fig. 6 is the opposite side view of Fig. 4 equipment;
Fig. 7 is the equipment that the is used for 90 ° of curves plan view when being between the two support railings its width position;
Fig. 8 is the equipment that the is used for 90 ° of curves plan view when being between the two support railings its narrowest position;
Fig. 9 is the equipment that the is used for 45 ° of curves plan view when being in width position between the two support railings;
Figure 10 is the equipment that the is used for 45 ° of curves plan view when being between the two support railings its narrowest position; And
Figure 11 is a part of inner side view of a blocking device.
Fig. 1-6 shows a kind of present device that meets that is used for 180 ° of curves.This equipment comprises external support fence 1, and it is flexible, so that can give bending along the segment of curve of a transfer path.External support fence 1 is to be directly continuity along each support railings 3 that each straight section 4 of transfer path is provided with.Make by certain plastics often along these support railings 3 of each flat segments 4 of transfer path, have the molded configuration of aluminium matter, so that comparatively prolonged stability to be provided.This flexible external support fence/do not have this aluminium matter side, thereby be flexible.
External support fence 1 is fixed among the blocking device 5, and each is straight, and support railings 3 also is fixed therein, but two parts of support railings 1,3 are independent with separated from one another.Blocking device 5 is placed in each end place of belt conveyor segment of curve 2, that is curve originally is in, so that the curved portion of outer fence 1 is all to separate with each flat segments of support railings 3 fully on the both sides at curve.Blocking device 5 comprises that one engages plate 6, has the lock screw of being furnished with a handwheel 7.One locking piece 8 is arranged on each end place of plate 6.
One locking piece (at length being illustrated among Figure 11) comprises first lock part 9, and it is interconnected by the common axis 10 and second locking piece 11.Be provided with bossing 12 in the upper end of first locking piece 9.A curved surface is made in the bottom surface of second locking piece 11, consequently, locates it at 2 and has extreme lower position 13, and locate to have extreme higher position 14 at 2.Left part at Figure 11, represent second locking piece 11, the bossing 12 of its extreme higher position 14 registrations on first lock part 9 this means that two Lock Parts the 9, the 11st are opened toward each other, right part at Figure 11, represent second lock part 11, the bossing 12 of its extreme lower position 13 registrations on first lock part 9, and be apparent that, two lock parts 9,11, thereby be locked to each other on this position.
The bottom surface of first lock part 9 presents and has each projection 15 and each pit 16 some convex-concave surface.The bottom surface faces contraposition part 17 of first lock part 9 is aimed at, and this part presents the more corresponding convex-concave surfaces that have each projection 15 and each pit 16 in the top, with by first lock part 9 that the bottom surface presented was the same.First lock part 9 and contraposition part 17 are provided with to such an extent that can be meshing with each other, thus a projection 15 of each convex-concave surface on part 9 or 17 locate registration in a pit 16 of each convex-concave surface on another part 9 or 17.
In preferential embodiment, first lock part 9 is also designed to such an extent that cause it to be configured for the part of a support 18 of support railings 1,3.
Fig. 1 and 2 represents another locking piece 8, centrally is placed on the curved surface of external support fence 1.Need locking piece 8 with reinforcement external support fence 1, the latter is flexible, and, particularly when one 180 ° of curves, if, may be damaged owing on the curve knock into the back (tail-back) of a large amount of packing materials, queuing pressure on curve, occurs.Under the situation that stops continuation following current on the transfer path 2,4 suddenly, can produce this situation.
The internal support fence of equipment comprises a support plate member 19, has a rounded ends 20 in the face of curve, so that rounded ends 20 can be along the segment of curve 2 by transfer path.Support plate member 19 especially comprises a top plate 21.Movable fin is set below top plate 21.The quantity of these fins 22 preferably 2 and thereby can have one at the most corresponding to top plate 21 half surperficial geometric ranges.Each fin 12 forms pivot with a bearing pin 23 separately and connects in a groove 24.Each fin 22 is loosened by means of the lock screw that at least one disposes a handwheel 25.Each fin 22 can infinitely be passed and can be locked on the desired location once more subsequently along groove 24.In the territory, lateral areas, each fin 22 is provided with heel 26 within it.Has its auxiliary section in the similar root 28 of this root 26 on support plate member 19 underside area 27.When heel 26,28 was engaged with each other, each fin 22 had reached the one end position.On position, the other end, two fins 22 are withdrawal fully below the top of support plate member 19 plate 21.
Support plate member 19 also designs round mobilely towards the center-point front and back of belt conveyor segment of curve 2.In order to make this kind move to become possibility, groove 29 forms to such an extent that just in time pass supporting member 19.In groove 29, support plate member 19 has one and runs through surface 30, and concaveconvex shape is made on this surface, so that surface 30 has many protruding 31 and many pits 32.This convex-concave surface is parallel to the activity direction of support plate member 19.Making the surface 30 of concaveconvex shape aims in the face of a support 34 top surfaces of making concaveconvex shape in a similar manner.This support 34 is fixed on the frame 35 of belt conveyor 2.Thereby two surfaces 30 and 33 are engaged with each other and are locked to each other by means of a screw 36 with the shape lock mode.This screw 36 has a handwheel 37, so that can be moved towards each other two surfaces easily.Supporting member moves along a horizontal slot 38.
Support plate member 19 also can move along a vertical channel 39.This moving can be caused support plate member 19 displacement on a vertical plane.Free height below attempt makes support plate member 19 is so suitable, so that any may toppling and some packing materials that moving ahead on belt conveyor 2,4, regardless of the size of packing material, all can when passing through below 19, support plate member to use this displacement.
Fig. 7 and 8 expressions are used for a corresponding support plate member 19 of one 90 ° of curves, and Fig. 9 and 10 expressions are used for one 45 ° of curves, each fin 22 of support plate member 19 has a lock screw that has a handwheel 25 respectively at this, because two fins 22 are laid far away from each other, so a shared lock screw perhaps needs the more complicated mechanical attachment that is used for shared lock screw.
Fig. 1-3 shows that the equipment that is used for one 180 ° of curves is in an one outer position, distance between external support fence 1 and the support plate member 19 is at its maximum herein, these figure be further illustrated in this outer position support plate member 19 at its displacement meta in vertical plane surface to highest point, and the lower area 27 of support plate member 19 and the distance between the belt conveyor 2 are at its maximum.
The equipment that Fig. 4-6 expression is used for one 180 ° of curves is in its another outer position, and the distance between external support fence 1 and the support plate member 19 is its minimum locating herein, and support plate member 19 makes its each fin 22 stretch out in its outer position.These figure also show the second outer position that support plate member 19 moves in vertical direction, and the lower area 27 of support plate member 19 and the distance between the belt conveyor 2 are at its maximum.
Between the two support railings of a curved conveyor 2, that is the adjusting or the adjustment of the distance between external support fence 1 and the support plate member 19, can implement rapidly and do not need any instrument fully.In order to obtain correct width, a kind of suitable method is to use its volume and is of a size of packing material that 2 of belt conveyor segment of curve should be adaptive as dimensional standard.
External support fence 1 is adjusted or is adjusted to desired location, dependence be handwheel 7 on the rotation lock device 5 so that the lock screw counter-rotating unscrews, and each relevant locking piece 8 is opened.Being unlocked of each locking piece 8 is because second lock part 11 is rotated its open position.In order to promote this rotational action, second lock part 11 can dispose the grip device 40 of certain form, such as an ear handle or a handle.Grip device 40 turns over 1/4th circles, thereby and first lock part 9 gets loose from opposed part 17 and comes.First lock part 9 can be passed along opposed part 17 together with the support that it is used for support railings 1 this moment.In order to promote to obtain consistent displacement on all locking pieces 8 in device, opposed part 17 can dispose suitable scale 41, as shown in Figure 11.Because handwheel 7 has been rotated so that lock screw is unclamped, flexible external support fence just can outwards pull or inside in addition pushing with respect to transmission section 2 for 1 this moment.
In case external support fence 1 has been placed on the desired position, rotate handwheel 7 once more and the locking lock screw.All grip device 40 counter-rotatings 1/4th circles on relevant each locking piece 8, the external support fence then is fixed on its new position this moment.
In order to regulate or adjust internal support fence 19, handwheel 37 is rotated, so that lock screw 36 is released and support plate member 19 can be moved horizontally along groove 38 on the one hand, on the other hand can be along groove 39 by vertical shifting.When support plate member 19 had been taked its desired location, it was locked on this position by means of handwheel 37.In order to give support plate member 19, rotate one or several handwheels 25 locking each fin 22 by means of each lock screw with required width.Each fin 22 is moved along its each groove 24, till support plate member 19 has required width, and is locked on its new position by means of handwheel 25.
Obviously as seen the present invention has realized a kind of method and a kind of equipment according to above-mentioned, is used in simple and rapidly mode and need not any instrument ground regulating or adjusting along the width between the two support railings 1,29 of a belt conveyor segment of curve 2.
The present invention also can compensate the various difference on distance that obtained when the width between two support railings along various curves and various belt conveyor segment of curve 2 is changed.
The present invention not will be understood that it is to be confined among the top described and figure drawnly, does not depart from the category of appended every claim, it is contemplated that out many remodeling.

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1. an adjustment is along the two support railings (1 of curve transfer path (2), 19) method of width between, it is characterized in that, external support fence (1) is flexible, and when regulating or adjust, it is got loose and is pulled outwardly from the straight fence of bonded assembly (3) by blocking device (5) and drags or alternatively inwardly be pressed on its blocked once more desired location, the internal support fence comprises plate (19), it is crooked and is got loose and passed by front and back by lock screw (36) that along transfer path (2) support railings plate (19) can plate (19) be located and regulate or adjust to required width by each fin (22) that at least one lock screw is loosened by being fixed on.
2. two support railings (1 that is used for adjusting along curve transfer path (2), 19) equipment of width between, it is characterized in that, this equipment comprises each blocking device (5), they are placed in the either side of belt conveyor segment of curve (2) and fix flexible external support fence (1) and the straight support railings of bonded assembly (3) therein and the internal support fence is set, it comprises support plate member (19), so that moved forward and backward with respect to the center-point of curve; Back plate (19) is provided with each fin (22), so that regulate the width of support plate member (19).
3. according to the described equipment of claim 2, it is characterized in that blocking device (5) comprises plate (6), each support railings (1,3) is fixed thereon; And this plate (6) is all centered on by locking piece (8) on either side.
4. according to the described equipment of claim 3, it is characterized in that locking piece (8) comprises first lock part (9), it is engaged among the opposed part (17) and is provided with and is opened or lock with respect to opposed part (17) by second lock part (11).
5. according to the described equipment of claim 4, it is characterized in that first lock part (9) have bossing (12) on the surface at an upper portion thereof; And second lock part (11) have the curved bottom surface, it has an extreme lower position (13) and an extreme higher position (14), two positions are provided with like this, when (14) location registration is to bossing (12) in the extreme higher position, locking piece (8) is opened, and when extreme lower position (13) location registration when bossing (12), locking piece (8) locks.
6. according to the described equipment of claim 2, it is characterized in that each fin (22) is provided with bearing pin (23) respectively; And each fin (22) is set up removablely, so that bearing pin (23) moves along a groove (24).
7. according to the described equipment of claim 2, it is characterized in that support plate member (19) has the groove of running through (29), wherein settle the surface (30) that forms concaveconvex shape, it is engaged in the surface of the formation concaveconvex shape on the support (34) with the shape lock mode; And support plate member (19) is set at and moves back and forth among on the surface (30,33) groove (38) being set.
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