JP2676006B2 - Conveyor belt connection structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for connecting a conveyor belt, and more particularly, to a structure for connecting a conveyor belt using a canvas core as a tensile member embedded in the belt.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Conveyor belts are generally manufactured on an open end and in the factory to match installed equipment,
Alternatively, joint work for endless belts is performed at the work site.

Particularly, a joint for endlessness in a conveyor belt in which a plurality of core canvases are embedded as a tensile body, and the upper and lower surfaces of the canvas layers are laminated and covered with an elastic cover layer made of thermoplastic resin or rubber. There are many means, for example, the shape of the connecting portion of the belt canvas core body is the shortest linear type that matches the belt width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the belt, the bias linear type that holds a predetermined crossing angle with respect to the longitudinal direction of the belt,
Alternatively, a typical structure is a butting structure of the leading end of the canvas connecting portion, which is of a notch type having a large V-shape in the longitudinal direction of the belt.

By developing the butt structure of the canvas core, that is, in order to obtain a higher level of toughness of the butt joint, as shown in FIG. The core sailcloth group (32) is embedded, and the upper and lower surfaces of the core sailcloth (32) are covered with the elastic cover layers (34) (35) made of thermoplastic resin or rubber in a laminated form. Examples of the core canvas (32) include synthetic fibers such as polyester and aromatic polyamide, cotton, hemp,
A woven fabric with low elongation and high strength made of natural fibers such as is used.

Then, the butt joints of each of the plurality of core canvases (32) are slightly displaced in the circumferential direction of the belt so as to locally concentrate the fragile portions at the canvas joints. Have been eliminated.

[0006] On the surface of the butt joint portion of each of the uppermost and lowermost core sailcloths, if necessary, pieces of padding cloth (44) (44) thinner and more flexible than the core sailcloth (32) are arranged. Thus, the rising of the core canvas at the belt connecting portion is suppressed, and further, the elastic cover layer (34) is prevented from being damaged. In addition, the unvulcanized covers (45) and (45) are filled and vulcanized at the connecting portion of the core canvas (32) through the sail piece (44), and the connecting portion of the conveyor belt is firmly strengthened by this vulcanization work. They are connected together.

Further, as shown in the known example I with a partial plan view of the core canvas of FIG. 8 at the butt connection portion of each core canvas (32), 5 to 5 are provided between the tips of the canvas connection end portions. 10m
The gap (38) of about m is intentionally left to prevent the peeling and cracking of the elastic cover layers (34) (35) due to the simultaneous rising of the canvas connecting end when bending on the pulley of the belt. doing.

Alternatively, as shown in the known example II, an enlarged side view of the core canvas connecting portion of FIG.
The canvas (3) is attached to both ends of the canvas at the butt joint of 2).
2) A downward taper end face (55) (55) is formed over the entire width by a polishing means or the like, and a gap (56) of 5 to 10 mm is formed between both downward taper end faces (55) (55).
Is connected to the core canvas to prevent the rising force of the core canvas when the belt is bent, thereby preventing the belt cover layer from peeling or cracking.

Further, with a partially enlarged plan view of the core canvas of FIG. 10, each core canvas (3
A group of slits (68) matching the longitudinal direction of the belt is provided at the end of the butt connection in 2) over the entire width of the core canvas (2), thereby forming a strip shape (67) at the end of the core canvas. However, the connecting portion is made flexible to prevent an unreasonable rising phenomenon of the canvas having high rigidity when the belt is bent, and further prevent peeling and cracking of the belt cover layer. It should be noted that a rubber-like elastic adhesive treatment layer is filled in each gap between both ends of the core body canvas connection of the belt illustrated in FIGS.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION There are various proposals for suppressing the occurrence of rising of a large-rigidity embedded canvas which is mainly generated when a conveyor belt having a core canvas embedded therein is bent on a pulley. It is certain that maintaining a gap of 5 to 10 mm between the connecting ends of the canvas core body shown in FIG. 7 to FIG. 10 has the effect of halving the strong rising force generated by the complete contact between the connecting ends of the canvas. Although it is recognized, it is quite unreasonable to expect a sufficient rising restraining effect on the core canvas itself, which has a considerable thickness and is extremely flexible and rich in rigidity and high in strength and low elongation.

In addition, downward taper (5) corresponding to the connecting both ends of the core canvas of high strength and low elongation shown in FIG.
5) (by allowed to form by such polishing means 55) portion, it is at a point that allowed to impart flexibility to the end portion, in a quite effect can be expected, contrary to the tapered grinding portion, and canvas Since the adhesive treatment layer with the elastic cover layer made of rubber or synthetic resin, for example, the RFL treatment or the adhesive rubber treatment, is also scraped off by the integrated polishing, the adhesive performance at the portion is greatly deteriorated.

[0012] At the connecting portion of the core canvas than force sailcloth force loaded on the belt are adjacent phases by shearing force of the adhesive layer in between the canvas is reportedly lacks adhesive force or adhesive force At the weak interface of P, play occurs between the canvas and the adhesive layer, which promotes damage to the elastic cover layer.

Further, a group of slits (68) extending in the longitudinal direction of the belt shown in FIG. 10 are provided at the end portion of the core body cloth, and a strip shape (67) is formed at that portion, whereby the rising force of the core body cloth is considerably improved. However, depending on the slit width, it was not possible to expect that the strip itself forming the adjacent strip (57) would get up together and prevent the reliable rising of the canvas.

The above-mentioned conventional connecting means for making endless various kinds of core canvas have advantages and disadvantages. The present invention incorporates the effective means possessed by the connecting means for the various kinds of core canvas in a multi-faceted manner, while raising the connecting end portion of the core canvas.
An object of the present invention is to provide a tough conveyor belt connecting portion structure in which rising is suppressed .

[0015]

In order to achieve the above object, the structure of the connecting portion of the conveyor belt according to the present invention employs the following structure. The conveyor belt according to the present invention uses a core canvas composed of a plurality of layers as a tensile body,
Elastic cover layers are laminated and covered on both upper and lower surfaces thereof. At least one end of the abutting ends of at least one of the core sailcloths among the uppermost layer and the bottommost layer of the core sailcloth at the both-end connection portion for making the conveyor belt endless is formed in a sawtooth shape. One of the saw teeth has a width of 20 mm or less at the base, and the ratio of the width (W) in the belt width direction to the length of the saw tooth in the belt longitudinal direction, that is, the depth (L) is set in the range of 1: 2 to 1: 8. Has been done.

A bias angle θ of 16 ° to 25 ° is set between the end portions of the saw-toothed core body and the other end portion of the core body with respect to the widthwise direction of the belt, and between the both end portions is 5 to 5. 10m
It is characterized in that a gap of m is left.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A concrete embodiment of the structure for connecting a conveyor belt according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment: I) (See FIGS. 1 and 2) FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a joint process in a connecting portion of a conveyor belt according to the present invention. A plurality of, for example, four core sailcloths (2) are embedded in the conveyor belt (1) with an extremely thin rubber-like elastic adhesive treatment layer (3) interposed between the sailcloths. As 2), a low-elongation, high-strength woven fabric made of synthetic fibers such as polyester, nylon, vinylon and aromatic polyamide, and natural fibers such as cotton, hemp and rayon is used.

The upper and lower surfaces of the core canvas (2) are elastic cover layers (4) made of urethane, PVC, fluororesin, PE, PP or other thermoplastic resin, or NR, SBR, IR, BR or other rubber material. ) (5) is coated in a laminated form. The adhesive treatment layer (3) is made of the same material as the elastic cover layers (4) and (5).

The above-mentioned connecting portions of each core canvas (2) are connected so as to be positioned slightly in the circumferential direction of the belt, and the vulnerable points of concern at the connection points of the core canvas are dispersed. Has been. Then, the butt-shaped connecting portions for endlessness of the four core canvases (2) are connected while maintaining a bias angle θ of 16 ° to 25 ° with respect to the lateral direction of the belt. The connection area of the canvas is expanded to prevent the core canvas from rising.

Of the plurality of core sailcloths (2), among the sailcloths (2A) and (2B) located in the uppermost layer and the lowermost layer, at least one layer of butting ends at the connecting portion,
One has a sawtooth shape (7), and is connected leaving a gap (8) of 5 to 10 mm between one end of the sawtooth shape to be connected and the other end of the connecting portion. It should be noted that one of the saw teeth forming the end portion of this saw tooth shape (7) is a width (W) corresponding to the belt width direction at a base portion having a width of 20 mm or less, and a length corresponding to the belt longitudinal direction, that is, a depth (L). Ratio of 1: 2 to 1: 8
Is set in the range.

On the other end of the connecting portion of the one-body canvas (2), only the weft yarns which are woven in the belt width direction and which constitute the two-body canvas (2) are removed, and the connecting end is formed. A mop shape (10) formed by only warp threads having a depth of about 5 mm that matches the longitudinal direction of the belt is formed, and the saw-tooth shape (7) end portion and the mop shape (10) end portion are 16 ° as described above. A bias angle (θ) of 25 ° is maintained, and a gap (8) of 5 to 10 mm is maintained therebetween.

The uppermost layer (2A) and / or the lowermost layer (2) having one end connected to each other and formed in a sawtooth shape (7).
Except for the core canvas of B), or the connecting both ends of the other canvas constituting the core canvas including the core canvas of either the uppermost layer or the bottom layer, in the section of the above-mentioned conventional technique, The aforesaid publicly known example: The abutting means having the shape described in I to III and leaving a gap (8) of 5 to 10 mm between both ends of the connection is adopted.

(Example: 2) (See FIG. 3) The present invention is directed to the uppermost and lowermost layers (2A) and (2B) of the core canvas (2), or one of these canvas layers. The sawtooth shape (7) described above is provided at one end of the connecting portion, and a strip shape (11) having a predetermined width is provided at the other end of the connecting portion with a group of slits (12) extending in the longitudinal direction of the belt. ), The serrated (7) end and the strip (11) end leave a gap (8) of 5-10 mm between them, and both connecting ends have a bias angle (16 ° -25 °). θ) is maintained.

(Embodiment 3) (See FIG. 4) In the present invention, the uppermost and lowermost two sailcloths (2A) and (2B) of the core sailcloth (2), or one of these sail layers is connected. The sawtooth shape (7) described above is provided on one of the ends of the section, and the other side of the section is a bias-cut type (13) which is not treated with a cloth and has an adhesive treatment layer adhered to a surface obtained by simply bias cutting the end of the canvas. ) Are formed, these sawtooth (7) ends and bias cut (13) ends leave a gap (8) of 5 to 10 mm between them, and both connecting ends have a bias angle of 16 ° to 25 °. It is connected keeping (θ).

(Embodiment 4) (See FIG. 5) In the present invention, both ends of the connecting portion of the uppermost and / or lowermost canvas (2A) (2B) of the core canvas (2) have been described above. Sawtooth shape (7) (7), leaving a gap (8) of 5 to 10 mm between the butt sawtooth shapes (7) and (7), and both connecting ends at a bias angle (θ of 16 ° to 25 °). ) Keep connected.

In each of the above examples, as shown in detail in FIG. 1, the butt joints of the uppermost layer (2A) and the lowermost layer (2B) of the core body canvas (2) are thin and flexible. A highly reliable padding piece (14) is adhered, and an unvulcanized cover member (15) is an unvulcanized coating sheet (16).
Via the (16), the belt connecting notch is filled with the unvulcanized cover member (15) and the coaching sheet (16).
By the vulcanization work, the conveyor belt connecting portion is firmly and integrally continuous.

In the present invention, the base width of one sawtooth of the sawtooth shape (7) formed in the connecting portion of the uppermost layer (2A) and / or the lowermost layer (2B) of the core canvas is 20 mm or less. , The ratio of the base width (W): depth (L) of the V-shaped saw tooth piece is set in the range of 1: 2 to 1: 8, but this time, the ratio of W: L becomes less than 1: 2. In that case, the tip angle of each saw tooth is too large, and the rising resistance at the tip of the canvas is too large, resulting in easy peeling. On the contrary, if the ratio is 1: 9 or more, the rising resistance of the tip of the canvas is small and the peeling resistance is good, but the sawtooth shape (7)
Becomes too long, its processing is difficult, and there is a problem in workability. And, the sailcloth in which the sawtooth portion (7) is formed at the connecting end of the sailcloth is limited to the uppermost layer (2A) and / or the lowermost layer (2B) in the laminated sailcloth.
This is solely for simplifying the workability.

Next, the above-mentioned embodiment I according to the present invention,
That is, in the core body cloth (2), one of the connecting portions of the uppermost and lowermost layers of the four layers of sailcloth including the uppermost layer and the lowermost layer of the sailcloth has a sawtooth shape and the other end has a mop shape ( 10) and the width of one base of the sawteeth is 5 mm, the length or the depth is 30 mm, that is, the ratio of the width (W) to the depth (L) is 1: 6, and the sawtooth-shaped end and the mop-shaped end are A conveyor belt having a connecting portion leaving a gap of 10 mm between them, and also in the section of the prior art, that is, the end portion of the connecting portion of the core canvas is left untreated, and the end portion thereof is 10 mm. The conveyor belt of the known example I having a connecting portion with a gap left between them, and the connecting portion with a 10 mm gap left between the tapered portions by polishing the both ends of the core body cloth in a downward tapered shape over the entire width. In the conveyor belt of the known example II, further in the belt longitudinal direction at the end of the core canvas Using these four examples of the conveyor belt of the known example III, which has a connecting portion in which strip-shaped end portions formed with matching slit groups are connected to each other with a gap of 10 mm therebetween, A comparative experiment on the toughness of the joint was carried out.

As shown in a specific example in FIG. 6, the apparatus used in the above comparative experiment comprises a combination of a head pulley (21) having a pulley diameter of 300 mm, a tail pulley (22) and a bend pulley (23) having the same diameter, Two small bend pulleys (24) and (24) are arranged on this, and the above-mentioned four kinds of conveyor belts having a circumference of 5 m are sequentially suspended, and a belt speed of 1
A running test was carried out under the condition of 50 m / min and a pulley factor of 60, and the number of times of bending until a crack was generated in the belt joint was measured, and the position and phenomenon of the trouble in the folding are summarized in Table 1. .

Usually, in order to minimize the influence of bending up of the core canvas due to bending, the ratio of the pulley diameter to the total thickness of the belt canvas, the so-called pulley factor, is 100% to 120 at a tension of 80% or more. , 60% to 80% working tension is 80 to 100, and 60% working tension or less is 60 to 70.

[0031]

[Table 1] From the results of the above running tests, the conveyor belt of the present invention (Example I) has at least the toughness of its connecting portion as compared with the conventional conveyor belts (Public Examples I, II, III) which are widely used. It was confirmed that the durability was more than double.

[0032]

In the conveyor belt according to the present invention, a sawtooth shape having a deep depth corresponding to the longitudinal direction of the belt is formed at least at one end of the butt-shaped buried core canvas at the connection portion for endless belt. As a result, the flexibility of the canvas at the belt connecting end is increased, and the rising of the canvas derived from the belt when the belt is bent, particularly the canvas located on the surface side of the laminated canvas layer, and the peeling phenomenon can be suppressed, and It was possible to suppress the occurrence of cracks, peeling and cutting including the elastic cover layer at the connection portion of the conveyor belt, and contribute to the increase of the durability of the belt.

Further, the unexpected rising phenomenon of the canvas at the connecting portion due to intentionally leaving a very small gap of 5 to 10 mm between the both ends of the canvas at the connecting portion of the butt-shaped core canvas is caused by the gap portion. It is divided and absorbed by the existence, and by inserting a sufficient amount of elastic adhesive rubber layer in the gap, it is possible to reliably prevent the rising phenomenon of the rising of the canvas at the other end, and as a result, the fragility of the belt connecting part It will exert great power to prevent the transformation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a joint process in a connecting portion of a conveyor belt embodying the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged perspective view of a core / cloth connection portion of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 2 showing another embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a view corresponding to FIG. 2 showing still another embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a view corresponding to FIG. 2 showing still another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic front view of an apparatus for checking the durability of a connection portion of a conveyor belt.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a joint process in a connecting portion of a conventional conveyor belt.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a part of the belt connecting portion in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a side view of a one-layer core / sleeve connecting portion of a conventional conveyor belt showing another embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a part of a conventional conveyor belt connecting portion showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Conveyor Belt 2 Core Canvas 2A Top Canvas 2B Bottom Canvas 4 Elastic Cover Layer 5 Elastic Cover Layer 7 Sawtooth Shape 8 Gap 10 Mop Shape 11 Strip Shape 12 Slit 13 Bias Cut Shape W Sawtooth Base Width L Sawtooth Depth θ Butt bias angle at both ends of canvas

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A conveyor belt comprising a core canvas composed of a plurality of layers, which is laminated and covered with elastic cover layers on the upper and lower surfaces thereof.
In the uppermost layer and the lowermost layer of the core canvas at both end connection portions for endlessness of the belt, at least one of the abutting ends of the core canvas of at least one of them is formed in a sawtooth shape, Between one sawtooth end and the other end
Connecting part structure of the conveyor belt gap 5~10mm are remaining. 2. One of the connecting portions of the fitted core body canvas.
One of the two sawtooth-shaped sawtooths is located at the base with a width of 20 mm or less.
Belt width direction width (W) and belt longitudinal direction depth
Ratio (L) is 1: 2 to 1: 8 in the range of, also claim between serrated end and the other end is biased angle relative to the belt sideways width direction Ru 16 ° to 25 ° range near 1. Conveyor belt connection structure. 3. One of the both ends of the connecting portion of the butt core canvas is serrated, and the other is only a weft thread which is located in the belt width direction and constitutes the core canvas.
The structure of the connecting portion of the conveyor belt according to claim 1 or 2, each of which is formed in a mop shape made of mm warp pieces. 4. One of the two ends of the connecting portion of the butt core canvas is formed in a sawtooth shape, and the other is formed in a strip shape having a predetermined width in which slits extending in the belt longitudinal direction are provided over the entire width of the canvas. The structure of the connecting portion of the conveyor belt according to claim 1 or 2. 5. A bias cut type in which one of the both ends of the connecting portion of the butt core canvas is serrated, and the other is an elastic adhesive layer made of rubber or synthetic resin applied to the surface of the core canvas. The structure of the connection portion of the conveyor belt according to claim 1 or 2, which is formed in each of the above. 6. The structure of the connecting portion of the conveyor belt according to claim 1, wherein both ends of the connecting portion of the butt core canvas are formed in a sawtooth shape.