EP0233148A2 - Dispositif de répartition de quilles dans une installation de mise en place de quilles - Google Patents

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EP0233148A2
EP0233148A2 EP87810061A EP87810061A EP0233148A2 EP 0233148 A2 EP0233148 A2 EP 0233148A2 EP 87810061 A EP87810061 A EP 87810061A EP 87810061 A EP87810061 A EP 87810061A EP 0233148 A2 EP0233148 A2 EP 0233148A2
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63DBOWLING GAMES, e.g. SKITTLES, BOCCE OR BOWLS; INSTALLATIONS THEREFOR; BAGATELLE OR SIMILAR GAMES; BILLIARDS
    • A63D5/00Accessories for bowling-alleys or table alleys
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63DBOWLING GAMES, e.g. SKITTLES, BOCCE OR BOWLS; INSTALLATIONS THEREFOR; BAGATELLE OR SIMILAR GAMES; BILLIARDS
    • A63D5/00Accessories for bowling-alleys or table alleys
    • A63D5/08Arrangements for setting-up or taking away pins
    • A63D5/09Arrangements for setting-up or taking away pins the pins being assembled in right order before setting down
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B69/00Training appliances or apparatus for special sports

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  • the invention relates to a cone distribution device of a cone positioning system, in which the cones lying horizontally on a pair of belts can be deflected into a receiving pocket of a cone magazine by deflection members and means are available with which the cones can be moved from one transport path to another transport path with the opposite direction of travel are redirectable.
  • the swivel devices sit on a common, up and down movable frame, with which the cone can be lowered and placed on the bowling alley.
  • Such cone distribution devices have proven themselves in practice and bring significant advantages over other systems. If, however, all ten cones of a cone set and not just a few cones have been hit by a ball and have to be set up again, a certain time is required until all the cones have reached the cone receiving pockets assigned to them and arranged in succession on a common transport path.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a cone distribution device of the type mentioned in the introduction, in which the cones can be fed more quickly to the empty receiving pockets and the time for a cycle for setting up the cones is thereby shortened.
  • a cone distribution element is provided with which the supplied cones can alternately be fed to one of two inlet channels of two middle, parallel transport lanes of the same transport direction, at the end of these transport lanes there are two divergent, shorter transport lanes, each in an outer transport lane flow into, the direction of which is opposite to that of the two middle transport tracks.
  • the cone positioning system with cone distribution device described below is of the "bowling" type, in which the ten cones are lifted up by an elevator after a cone has been thrown, and are subsequently fed individually to a cone distributor in the same direction.
  • a cone lift can be found, for example, in CH-PS 59308l, and a device for aligning the cones in the same direction is described in CH-PS 593082, for example.
  • the cones are transported in a lying position on horizontal transport ropes and distributed to receiving pockets, the position of which is selected so that the cones can be set up in the correct position on the bowling alley after being pivoted into the standing position, for example from the CH-PS 558l89 emerges.
  • the cone distribution device according to FIG. 1 is carried by a stationary frame 10.
  • this frame 10 there are a number of motor-driven belt wheels, around which rubber belts or ropes are looped for transport the supplied cone.
  • the cones 20 are each transported in a lying position between a pair of belts and pass deflecting fingers 11 along their transport path, which have the effect that the cones 20 are either moved unhindered or are deflected into one of the receiving pockets 9 located on the side below.
  • the cones 20 lifted up by an elevator fall in the direction of arrow G onto a distribution rocker 5l, which causes cones falling one after the other to either enter a first inlet channel 5 or an adjacent second inlet channel 6.
  • the cones 20 fall onto a first transport path 41 or a second transport path 42 with pairs of belts 33 and 44, respectively.
  • the cones are then transported in the direction of the arrows C.
  • the distribution rocker 5l has the shape of an inverted Y. This is movably mounted about a horizontal pivot axis 57 and bifurcated below this pivot axis 57.
  • the arm 54 located above the pivot axis 57 projects into a cone discharge chute 3.
  • the arms 53 and 55 of this fork body form an angle to one another of approximately 50-70 °.
  • guide plates 59 are provided on both sides of the inlet channels 5, 6, which guide the cones 20 into the inlet channel 5 or 6 determined by the position of the distributor rocker 5l.
  • rocker 5l cover the arms 53 and 55 that inlet channel 5 and 6, in which the falling cone 20 should get.
  • the relevant inlet channel 5 or 6 is only released by pivoting the distribution rocker 5l under the weight of the cone.
  • the falling cone 20 then slides down along the concavely curved distribution rocker surface and at the same time causes the same to pivot.
  • the distribution rocker 5l is supported by spring-loaded stops 5l.
  • the distribution rocker 5l thus takes one of the two end positions after dropping the cone 20 due to the predominant weight of the arm 54. At most, an additional spring 82 can be present, which pulls the distribution rocker 5l positively into one of the two end positions.
  • this rocker 5l The operation of this rocker 5l is as follows: The cone 20 falling from above with a cone foot in the direction of arrow G fall onto the rocker 5l and, due to their weight and their falling energy, cause this rocker 5l to move from the position shown in full lines in the direction of Arrow B. This causes the cone to slide along the curved outer surface of the fork part 53 and is then passed through the guide plates 59 into the first inlet channel 5. The distribution rocker 5l then takes the position shown in broken lines. With a next cone, the same is repeated in an inverted position, the cone 20 then falling falling into the second inlet channel 6. The belt pairs 33 and 44 are located below the two inlet channels 5, 6.
  • the pairs of belts 33, 44 preferably each have a circular cross section.
  • the two belts 33 of the transport path 4l are looped at one end around belt wheels 32 and at the other end around belt wheels 14.
  • the belts are not shown completely in FIG. 1, but are only indicated by their longitudinal center line.
  • the belts 44 of the parallel transport path 42 are guided around belt wheels 34 and 19.
  • the belt wheels l4 and l9 are driven by a shaft l5, on which there are also belt wheels l3, which in turn are driven by belt wheels l7. These are attached to a spaced shaft 2l and are rotated by a motor, not shown, via a main drive wheel 7.
  • the two belt wheels 27 and 34 are staggered with respect to one another in order to make it easier for the cones to pass from one transport path to the other.
  • the cones then reach the outer transport tracks 68, 69 with the pairs of belts 22 and 35, respectively.
  • the belts 22 of the transport path 69 are wrapped around drive wheels 12 and 24 and thereby cause the cones to be transported in the direction of the arrow F.
  • the belts 35 of the transport path 68 are wrapped around the belt rollers 8 and 43 and move the cones also in the direction of arrow F.
  • the cones transported ahead of the foot hit a stop plate 49 and are subsequently deflected onto the pair of belts 35.
  • the analog is carried out at the transition from the transport path 47 to the transport path 69 in that an identical stop plate 49 is also present here.
  • the cones 20 are thus transported on the two mutually parallel transport tracks 4l, 42 in the direction of arrow C and are moved on the parallel, outer transport tracks 68, 69 in the opposite direction, that is to say in the direction of the arrows F.
  • the cones 20 When the cones 20 are transported on the pairs of belts 33 and 44, the cones pass deflecting fingers 11, which are each located between the belts of a pair. Similar deflecting fingers 11 are also provided between the pairs of belts 22 and 35. These deflection fingers 11 shown in FIG. 4 can assume an active or inactive position. In the active position, the deflecting fingers 11 can be pivoted under the associated belts with little force, while in the active position they remain locked obliquely upwards and thereby cause the cone 20 to be thrown off the respective transport path from the side.
  • a lateral receiving pocket 9 according to FIG. 3 is assigned to each deflecting finger 11. These receiving pockets 9 are located only on one side of the pair of belts 22 and, on the other hand, on both sides of the pairs of belts 33, 35.
  • the belts 33 are each supported on their underside by support plates 48.
  • the formation of the belt wheels l2, around which the belts are guided, can be seen from FIG. 7.
  • ball bearings 71 are placed at a distance from one another, which support the wheel bodies 74, which are preferably made of plastic.
  • the remaining belt wheels are designed in the same way.
  • each of these bottom flaps 4 can assume three positions, namely an unloaded position, as shown in FIG. 3; a position loaded by a cone, in which it is pivoted downward by about 25 ° in the direction of arrow S relative to the position shown in FIG.
  • each deflecting finger 11 contains an inclined surface 3l, which causes a lateral deflection of the cones 20 brought up on the pair of belts in the direction of arrow T into the respectively assigned receiving pocket 9.
  • the deflecting fingers 11 are each pivotably mounted on a horizontal axis 63.
  • the pawls 50 can each pivot about a horizontal shaft 52 parallel to the shaft 63.
  • the spring 62 is hooked with one end into an opening 65 of the pawl 50 and with its other end it projects into an opening of an extension 64 of the deflecting finger 11.
  • a cone 20 located in the receiving pocket 9 thus causes the bottom flap 4 to be pivoted by a slight angle in the direction of the arrow S until its lower shoulder 72 comes to bear against the end face 78 of a pivotable release lever 66 (FIG. 3).
  • the bottom flap 4 remains in this position until a device for receiving a cone located below the receiving pocket 9 becomes free.
  • this device for tilting the lying cone into a standing position is free, its flaps 80 (FIG. 4) which surround the cone neck are moved into their open position.
  • the deflecting finger 11 is held in its downwardly pivoted position by the projection 56 of the pawl 50. After the cone 20 has been thrown out of the receiving pocket 9, the deflecting finger 11 returns to its starting position by the force of the spring 62 and is locked in the inclined position, as a result of which a next cone transported by the pair of belts is deflected back into this receiving pocket 9.
  • the cones 20 transported past the receiving pockets 9 one after the other are thus deflected by the deflecting fingers 11 into a receiving pocket 9 only when this receiving pocket is empty. Any cones that do not find an empty pocket during the entire transport path are thrown off at the belt rollers 24 or 43 and reach the cone pit via a slide or the like, whereupon the described cone transport is repeated, or the cone transport system is switched on temporarily stopped.

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EP87810061A 1986-02-10 1987-01-29 Dispositif de répartition de quilles dans une installation de mise en place de quilles Expired - Lifetime EP0233148B1 (fr)

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FR2154148A5 (fr) * 1971-09-22 1973-05-04 Seranina Ag Patentverwert
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