EP1940708A2 - Convoyeur - Google Patents

Convoyeur

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EP1940708A2
EP1940708A2 EP06807019A EP06807019A EP1940708A2 EP 1940708 A2 EP1940708 A2 EP 1940708A2 EP 06807019 A EP06807019 A EP 06807019A EP 06807019 A EP06807019 A EP 06807019A EP 1940708 A2 EP1940708 A2 EP 1940708A2
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Prior art keywords
conveyor
hinge pin
recess
ball joint
rotation
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German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Ingolf Baum
Thomas Gilch
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Siemens AG
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Siemens AG
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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
    • B65G17/00—Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface
    • B65G17/30—Details; Auxiliary devices
    • B65G17/38—Chains or like traction elements; Connections between traction elements and load-carriers
    • B65G17/385—Chains or like traction elements; Connections between traction elements and load-carriers adapted to follow three-dimensionally curved paths
    • 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
    • B65G2201/00—Indexing codes relating to handling devices, e.g. conveyors, characterised by the type of product or load being conveyed or handled
    • B65G2201/02—Articles
    • B65G2201/0264—Luggage

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a conveyor, in particular endless conveyor, in particular for a curved conveyor belt in different spatial directions, with conveyor elements that come into contact with conveyed, with a circumferential articulated chain by means of which a driving force on the
  • Conveying elements is transmitted along the conveying path, which has articulated links links which are connected to each other by means of joints with the adjacent links.
  • Conveyors of the type mentioned above are frequently used, in particular, at baggage sorting areas and at airport baggage issues.
  • the conveyor track follows tortuous paths, so that the link chain, which transmits the driving force, must be partially guided around curves with tight radii, and sometimes also has to overcome alternating slopes, so that articulation of the link chain sometimes insufficient in one level. Due to the sometimes high weights of the transported material and the strong deflections of the conveyor line arise on the articulated chain, the conveyor drive and the guides considerable forces.
  • European Patent Application EP 0 629 566 A2 already discloses a conveyor of the above construction, the link chain of which, however, has insufficient spatial flexibility for many applications.
  • European Patent EP 0 869 086 B1 already discloses a conveyor with a joint chain of the type mentioned in the introduction, wherein the articulated chain has joints with alternating axes of rotation arranged alternately one after the other.
  • a disadvantage of this Arrangement is that the effective link length - ie the distance between two joints of the chain - is doubled according to this arrangement with respect to a certain direction of curvature, for example, in a bending of the joint chain in the horizontal direction, only every second joint is capable of deflection and the intervening ones remain as it were stiff.
  • the invention has made it based on the problems and disadvantages of the prior art, the object of developing a conveyor of the type mentioned in such a way that the route has a high degree of flexibility, in particular next to any horizontal diversions and changing gradients can be overcome and At the same time the load on the chain guides and the drives and the chain itself is not unduly increased.
  • the invention proposes that the joints are designed as ball joints.
  • a key advantage of the invention is on the one hand high flexibility in the design of the conveyor line and on the other hand, the chain according to the invention is also able to promote tight radii without excessively wear.
  • the advantages of the invention are particularly useful when the conveyor line comprises conveyor sections which have a mutually inclined conveying direction. Deflections can not only take place in one plane but also have a spatial dimension. Mechanically results in particular with regard to the moment load a particularly favorable load distribution when the members have at their one end a first projection and on the opposite second
  • the ball joint may be formed as a sleeve and surround a first longitudinal portion of the hinge pin.
  • the ball joint expediently has a convex surface which forms a sliding bearing together with a corresponding concave surface.
  • the convex surface and the concave surface are the mutually facing surfaces of two mutually arranged substantially cylindrical sleeves or rings.
  • an eccentric joint is adjustable.
  • each or every second joint on this adjustment is adjustable.
  • An expedient implementation of the eccentricity for the purpose of length adjustment provides that the peripheral contour of the hinge pin in the region of the first longitudinal section relative to those second longitudinal sections which pass through the recesses of the second projections, is offset in the transverse direction such that rotation of the hinge pin about a longitudinally extending central axis of the second longitudinal sections causes a displacement of the pivot point of the ball joint in the transverse direction.
  • the hinge pin is rotatably mounted in the second regions on the member and can be secured against rotation, wherein the pivot point of the ball joint has a certain distance from the axis of rotation of the pivot pin. The length adjustment takes place in this case by means of a rotation of the hinge pin, which can be secured in at least two different angular positions.
  • An expedient possibility of preventing rotation of the hinge pin in the region of the second longitudinal section can be given by means of a movable on the hinge pin in the region of the second longitudinal section in the axial direction adjustment element, which is not rotatable in a first axial position by positive engagement in the recess of the corresponding second projection and in a second axial position allows rotation of the hinge pin.
  • the manual adjustment of the chain length or the bias can be simplified if the adjustment of the hinge pin in the second recess at least partially surrounds and the hinge pin is not rotatably disposed in the adjusting element, wherein the adjusting element is formed on the hinge pin and in the recess axially displaceable.
  • the adjusting element may have a handle possibility or at least a key surface, so that the eccentric element can be rotated in the desired direction.
  • the adjusting element can also be held in the first axial position by means of an elastic element or secured by a rigid securing element, so that an automatic adjustment is excluded. It can make sense to provide an accessible molding or a handle on the adjusting element, which shaping allows a preferably manual operation of the adjustment for movement from the first axial position to the second axial position and in this way a tensioning of the chain can be made without tools.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective compilation of
  • Figure 4 is a schematic representation of a conveyor according to the invention.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show a joint chain 1 with three successively arranged and interconnected by means of joints 3 members 2.
  • the joints 3 are spatially movable and have this ball joints 4.
  • the articulated chain is part of a conveyor essential to the invention, as shown by way of example in FIG.
  • the individual members 2 each consist of one
  • Base 5 and provided on this base body 5 projections, a first projection 6 at a first end 7 and two fork-shaped second projections 8 at the opposite second end 14.
  • the adjacent members 2 are arranged such that each of the first projection 6 between the two second projections 8 is arranged.
  • the projections 6, 8 each have first and second recesses 9 and 10, respectively.
  • a hinge pin 11 extends.
  • the hinge pin 11 has a first longitudinal portion 13 which extends through the first recess 9, which is surrounded by the ball joint 4.
  • the hinge pin 11 is provided with a round peripheral contour 20, which is eccentric to a rotation axis 21 of the hinge pin 11. Accordingly, a pivot point 50 of the ball joint 4 is offset by an adjustment distance ⁇ in the transverse direction to the rotation axis 21.
  • the hinge pin 11 is rotatably disposed in the second recesses 10 and secured by means of a setting member 30 against rotation.
  • the adjusting member 30 on one of the two second recesses 10 is like a sleeve 31 on the other of the two second recesses 10 sleeve-like around the Hinge pin 11 is arranged.
  • the hinge pin 11 is provided in the region of the adjusting member 30 different from the other cylindrical round peripheral contour with a rounding of the cross section interrupting planar mating surface, so that it comes between the adjustment 30 and the hinge pin in this area to a form fit, which is a relative rotation prevents the adjusting member 30 about the rotation axis 21.
  • the adjusting member 30 is axially displaceable along the axis of rotation 21 to the hinge pin 11 and secured in a first axial position by positive engagement in the second recess 10 against rotation and rotatable in a second axial position in the second recess 10, so that the hinge pin 11 due to the positive connection rotates and in this way the eccentric circumferential contour 20 of the first longitudinal section 13 the
  • the adjusting member 30 is fixed in a manner not shown by means of a securing element in the first axial position and can be lifted after removal of the securing element of the member 2, so that in the second axial position of the hinge pin 11 is rotatable with the adjusting member 30.
  • the conveyor 40 shown in FIG. 4 describes, with the conveying path 42, an eight, whereby changing gradients are overcome in the vicinity of the crossing point 41.
  • the conveying elements 43 are flat flexible

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un convoyeur (40), en particulier un convoyeur sans fin, destiné en particulier à un parcours de transport (42) courbé dans différentes directions dans l'espace, lequel convoyeur comporte une chaîne à articulations circulante (1), au moyen de laquelle une force d'entraînement est transmise aux éléments de transport (43) le long du parcours de transport (42), laquelle chaîne à articulations (1) présente des maillons (2) reliés les uns aux autres à l'aide d'articulations. L'objectif de cette invention est de fournir un convoyeur présentant un haut degré de flexibilité du point de vue du tracé du parcours et franchissant des montées alternées outre n'importe quelle déviation horizontale sans usure particulière. A cet effet, les articulations (3) sont conçues sous forme d'articulations sphériques (4). La haute flexibilité en matière de configuration du parcours de transport et la faible usure constituent des avantages déterminants de cette invention.
EP06807019A 2005-10-19 2006-10-05 Convoyeur Withdrawn EP1940708A2 (fr)

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DE102005050141A DE102005050141A1 (de) 2005-10-19 2005-10-19 Förderer
PCT/EP2006/067116 WO2007045565A2 (fr) 2005-10-19 2006-10-05 Convoyeur compose d'elements de transport et d'une chaine a articulations comportant des articulations spheriques

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EP1940708A2 true EP1940708A2 (fr) 2008-07-09

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