JPH04106007A - Torsion preventive pipe conveyor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent torsion by positioning overlapped parts on both ends of a conveyor belt on a head part rounded in a pipe shape and forming the section of a pipe in a roughly elliptical shape with its in the horizontal direction. CONSTITUTION:An automorphic roller 8 is installed on each end of a flat hexagonal hole 7 opened on an automorphic frame 6, and a roughly elliptical space having its length in the horizontal direction is formed by each roller 8. And a conveyor belt 1 is rounded in a pipe shape by these rollers 8 and when the belt 1 tends to twist in the A direction, friction between each of the rollers 8 and the belt 1 is large, and accordingly, a force required to twist against it comes to be larger, and consequently, it comes to be possible to prevent torsion.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention involves rotating an endless belt-like belt between a pair of rollers, and rolling the belt into a pipe shape between the rollers. The present invention relates to a pipe conveyor in which twisting of the pipe-shaped belt is prevented.

(Prior art) Figures 3 and 4 show a general pipe conveyor.
Figure 3 is its side view, and Figure 4 is the rV-r of Figure 3.
It is an enlarged vertical front view taken along the V line.

In the portion of this conveyor where the upper drive roller 2 and the lower driven roller 3 are rotated, the conveyor belt 1 is unfolded into a belt shape and rotates.

The conveyor belt 1 runs along the driven roller 3 from below and is rolled into an almost perfect circular pipe shape by a rounding roller (not shown). The outgoing belt IA, which has wrapped around the object 5 and is rolled up, moves forward while being guided by a plurality of shape-retaining rollers 8 surrounding the circular hole 7 at the top of the shape-retaining frame 6, and this shape-retaining material is released and unfolded into a belt shape. Afterwards, the conveyed object 5 is put into a receiving hopper 9 surrounding the drive roller 2.

A return belt I developed into a belt that runs around a drive roller 2
B is again rolled into a pipe shape, guided through the shape-retaining rows surrounding the circular holes 7 at the bottom of each shape-retaining frame 6, and returned to the driven roller 3 to circulate.

In some cases, the return belt IB is turned upside down and runs as a pipe with the front side of the belt with deposits facing upward, and the back side of the belt without deposits runs on the rollers. This is also being done.

This is because objects to be conveyed may accumulate on the surface of the belt, and if they pass through the return roller without removing these deposits, the deposits will come into contact with the return roller, and as a result, the belt itself will not run smoothly. Not only that, but it also costs a lot of money to remove the material that has fallen and accumulated under the conveyor.

Although not shown in the drawings, the inverted pipe shape has a cross-sectional shape similar to that of the forward belt IA described above.

However, if the conveyance path is long, the outbound belt IA may be twisted on the way due to unevenness of the conveyed object, and even if the conveyed object is not loaded on the belt, it may be rolled up into a pipe shape. In the case of a conveyor belt, since the belt ends IC1ID overlap the head of the rounded pipe, the circumference of the rounded pipe in the radial direction is smaller than that of the lower part. This makes the head heavy, and as a result, the belt 1 often twists from side to side while running.

The means to correct this twist is to manually insert a washer or shim into the attachment part of the shape-retaining roller.
Adjustments have been made by changing the contact angle of the shape retaining roller with the belt, but this requires a huge amount of man-hours and costs.

In terms of patents, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 57-137206 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 57-141304 disclose means for preventing twisting, but a practical solution has been sought.

(Problem to be solved) The present invention aims to solve the problem of preventing the occurrence of twisting in a pipe conveyor in the conventional technology as described above, and the present invention can easily solve the problem without installing a special twisting prevention device etc. Its purpose is to.

(Solution Means) As a result of intensive development for the above purpose, the present invention has solved the problem by adopting the following configuration.

That is, the gist of the present invention is that in a pipe conveyor in which an endless conveyor belt is rolled into a pipe shape and travels in continuous circulation, the overlapping portions of both ends of the conveyor belt are located at the head of the pipe shape. A twist-preventing pipe conveyor is characterized by having a flat cross-sectional shape with the major axis in the horizontal direction, and a typical configuration of the means includes a plurality of shape-retaining rollers around the belt for rounding the belt into a pipe shape. , a flat belt running space with a long axis in the horizontal direction is formed.

(Function) The present invention prevents the occurrence of twisting in a belt rolled into a pipe shape.
It was discovered that when the overlapping part of the belt is located at the head of the pipe, this is a major cause of swaying from side to side, and that the closer the shape of the rounded pipe is to a perfect circle, the more likely it is that sway will occur. Therefore, the occurrence of shaking was prevented by not aligning the center of this rotation with the center of gravity of the pipe.

That is, when the overlap of a pipe-shaped belt, especially at the end of the belt, coincides with the head, the shape of the pipe is made into a flat cross-section with the major diameter in the horizontal direction, for example, an ellipse, and the lid is formed into an ellipse. This has been resolved.

In order to cause a twist in a pipe shaped like this,
Since local bending of the belt is required and the center of rotation does not coincide with the center of gravity of the pipe shape, a large amount of energy is required to generate twisting. As a result, the occurrence of twisting can be prevented.

(Concrete example) The present invention will be explained in more detail below using specific examples.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention, in which six shape-retaining rollers are used to form a space with a long diameter in the horizontal direction, and a belt is run in this space.

That is, each roller 8 is attached to the edge of a flat hexagonal hole 7 made in the shape retaining frame 6.

Each of these rollers 8 forms a substantially elliptical space having a long axis in the horizontal direction.

Then, the conveyor belt 1 is passed through this space and rolled into a pipe shape. At this time, both ends IC1ID of the conveyor belt 1 are located at the head of this pipe shape, and these are held by the shape retaining rollers 8.
It will overlap under the .

In this case, even if the pipe-shaped belt 1 tries to twist, for example, in the direction A, the friction between each roller 8 and the belt 1 is large;
To resist this, it is necessary to apply a large force to the belt 1, and as a result, the occurrence of twisting can be prevented.

FIG. 2 shows a second example of the present invention, in which the conveyor belt 1 is rolled up using four shape-retaining rollers 8.

In this example, four shape-retaining rollers 8 are attached to a substantially diamond-shaped hole 7 formed in the shape-retaining frame 6 along its edge.

Then, the conveyor belt 1 runs in a space surrounded by the shape-retaining rollers 8, where the belt 1 is rolled horizontally into a substantially diamond-shaped pipe with a long diameter, as shown in the section side. .

(Effects) As described above, when the belt is rolled into a pipe shape and runs, the belt is rolled into a flat pipe whose major axis is in the horizontal direction when viewed in cross section, so the belt ends mainly at the head. This effectively prevents twisting to the left and right due to overlapping of the wires, and this drawback can be improved without requiring any special equipment to prevent twisting, so its industrial effects are significant.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional front view of main parts showing a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 shows the factors of a second embodiment of the present invention. 1...Conveyor belt, IA...Outward belt, IB...Return belt, IC1ID...Belt end, 2...Drive roller , 3...Followed roller, 4...Hopper, 5...Transferred object, 6...Shape retaining frame, 7...Hole , 8.8I... Shape retaining roller, 9... Receiving hopper. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a pipe conveyor in which an endless conveyor belt is rolled into a pipe shape and travels in continuous circulation, the cross section of the pipe is A twist-preventing pipe conveyor characterized by having a flat cross-sectional shape with the long axis in the horizontal direction. (2) The twist-preventing pipe conveyor according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of shape-retaining rollers around the belt for rolling it into a pipe shape form a flat belt running space having a long diameter in the horizontal direction.