Classifications

• • 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
  • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
  • B65G47/74—Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types
  • B65G47/94—Devices for flexing or tilting travelling structures; Throw-off carriages
  • B65G47/96—Devices for tilting links or platform

Definitions

• the invention relates to a distribution conveyor for piece goods according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
• Distribution conveyors of this type are known and are mainly used in mail distribution centers for sorting packages according to their destinations.
• a distribution conveyor is known in which the support plate can be tilted about an axis extending in the longitudinal direction of the carriage, the tilting movement being triggered by a linkage actuated by a separate guide rail, which at the tilting points is diverted by switches.
• a necessary guide rail is relatively bulky and expensive Vietnamese under ⁇ is the wear.
• the support plates do not need any guidance in the horizontal position, they rest on bearing shells two swivel axes arranged on both sides of the longitudinal center axis of the carriage. Guide rails or switches are also required to trigger the tilting movement. In addition, additional springs must be used, which hold the support plates in the horizontal and in the tilted position.
• a drive disk is expediently rotatably mounted on the carriage, the axle of which, for example via a universal joint, is in drive connection with the axle of the support plate.
• cooperating control rails can then be arranged with the drive pulley for the purpose of rotating the same.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a section of a conveyor track at an unloading point
• FIG. 3 is a plan view of the carriage of FIG. 2,
• FIG. 4 is a rear view of the carriage of FIG. 2,
• Fig. 5 is a side view of a car driven by an electric linear motor
• FIG. 6 is a rear view of the carriage of FIG .. 5
• FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a section of the conveyor track of a distribution conveyor with a guide rail 1 in which the carriages 2 are guided.
• Each carriage 2 carries a support plate 3, which is intended to receive a package 4.
• the support plates are 3
• the carriage 2 to 4 show the structure of a carriage 2 with the support plate 3.
• the carriage 2 has four rollers 6 with which it rolls in a flat guideway la of the rail 1.
• the horizontal guidance is carried out by two guide rollers 7, which are mounted on vertical axes and are guided through vertical walls 1b of the rail 1.
• the carriage 2 is driven in a known manner by an endless, revolving chain 8, to which each carriage 2 is connected by a driver 9.
• Each carriage 2 carries an arm 10 protruding from the top of the guide rail, which arm forms a bearing head 11 for an axis 12 which is inclined at an angle o to the horizontal support plate 3 and is rigidly connected to the latter.
• the angle ° is suitably about 40 to 50.
• the lower end of the axis 12 is connected via a universal joint 13 to a vertical shaft 14 which is rotatably mounted on the carriage 2 in a bearing 14a.
• a horizontal drive pulley 15 is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the shaft 14. If this drive disc 15 is rotated relative to the carriage, the support plate 3 is inclined. Position, as shown in Fig. 1, pivoted.
• the drive disk 15 has stop cams 16a, 16b which cooperate with a middle stop 17, which acts as a catch acts and secures the drive pulley 15 in its central position until it is deflected.
• Brake rods 18 are arranged at the unloading stations and, as indicated by double arrows, e.g. are pressed electromechanically against the circumference of the drive disks 15 and pivot them up to the stop 16a or 16b, so that the support plate 3 is inclined to the left or right and throws off the package conveyed by it.
• the brake rods 18 can also be designed as electromagnets, which brake the drive disk 15 electromagnetically.
• the support plates 3 are pivoted back into their horizontal position after the sorting station by further brake rods.
• FIGS. 5 and 6 show an embodiment in which the carriage is driven by an electric linear motor he follows.
• the rotor of a short-circuit rotor motor is designed as a steel track 19, over which the flat stator 20, which is formed by the carriage 2, moves in the longitudinal direction.
• the structure of the carriage 2 corresponds exactly to the embodiment according to FIGS. 2 to 4.

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• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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• Intermediate Stations On Conveyors (AREA)
• Fittings On The Vehicle Exterior For Carrying Loads, And Devices For Holding Or Mounting Articles (AREA)
• Transition And Organic Metals Composition Catalysts For Addition Polymerization (AREA)

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