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US20070272521A1
US20070272521A1 US11/485,627 US48562706A US2007272521A1 US 20070272521 A1 US20070272521 A1 US 20070272521A1 US 48562706 A US48562706 A US 48562706A US 2007272521 A1 US2007272521 A1 US 2007272521A1
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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
    • B65G15/00—Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration
    • B65G15/02—Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration for conveying in a circular arc
    • 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
    • B65G21/00—Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors
    • B65G21/02—Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors consisting essentially of struts, ties, or like structural elements
    • B65G21/06—Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors consisting essentially of struts, ties, or like structural elements constructed to facilitate rapid assembly or dismantling
    • 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
    • B65G2201/04—Bulk

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  • the invention relates to a curved belt conveyor, a method, and a use.
  • a multitude of the most varied curved belt conveyors is known in the prior art for conveying, in particular, packaged goods on a belt-like conveyor.
  • DE 295 02 064.4 discloses a curved belt conveyor of a conveyor installation including a continuous conveyor belt that is redirected via carrier rollers and having an edge bar at the outer edge which is guided between stationary rollers that are disposed in pairs along the curve.
  • the rollers are arranged on individual holders which are fastened in a belt-running frame and whereby respectively one roller of a roller pair is configured in such a way that it can be pivoted away from the edge bar. It is disadvantageous with this configuration that for major repair work—irrespective of whether or not a replacement of the conveyor belt may be necessary—a multitude of component parts must be disassembled which is very time consuming and therefore expensive.
  • the support rollers can be activated from their support positions from where they engage in the beaded edge of the conveyor belt thereby releasing the conveyor belt, and whereby the inside lateral frame side allocated to the inside radius of the curve is detachable from a support frame that receives the belt curve, and having an extension in terms of length and width in such a way that the conveyor belt can be pulled off without disassembly via the inside lateral frame side and from the reverse rollers in the direction of the curve center. Assembly occurs in the opposite direction.
  • the object of the present invention consists of providing a curved conveyor belt that allows, on the one hand, for quick belt changes and that makes it possible, on the other hand, to conduct major repairs while removing only the fewest number of component parts, thereby allowing for quick repair work.
  • the curved conveyor belt according to the invention includes a conveying belt that is guided by rollers and has an engagement element in the region of the edge that defines the outside radius of the curve, for example, and in particular by way of a rubber bead, against which at least one guide roller, that is fastened to the roller holder, can engage, guiding the conveyor belt.
  • at least one guide roller that is fastened to the roller holder
  • several guide rollers driving from their diagonal position against the bead, engage relative to the outside radius of the curve pulling the belt to the outside, ensuring thereby that the conveying belt is guided correspondingly within the curve.
  • the guide roller and/or roller holder is configured as movable away from the conveyor belt and as movable toward the conveyor belt, for example and in particular, with the ability to move and/or pivot; moreover, the roller holder is designed in one piece.
  • roller holders that are not designed in one piece in the classical sense but that can also include several parts which, however, are connected to each other in such a way that they are captive, thereby creating a quasi one-piece design.
  • This design allows for a flexible adjustment to different belt thicknesses and strengths of the guide bead while quick belt changes are possible at the same time.
  • the part variety was reduced which is advantageous when doing a belt change or major repair work and which results, accompanied by the impossibility of losing parts of the roller holder(s), in considerable time and cost savings.
  • the conveyor belt itself consists, for example and in particular, of a textile mesh of one or several layers provided with a coating of rubber or another elastomeric material such as, for example, PVC (polyvinyl chloride) or PU (polyurethane).
  • the guide rollers themselves are usually comprised of protected precision ball bearings.
  • roller holders are usually made of aluminum or corresponding aluminum alloys and/or of profiled steel sheet pressings.
  • the roller holders can have tabs that are arranged on one side for receiving the mount or tabs that are arranged as offset, whereby with the latter the top and bottom sides are then arranged opposite each other.
  • the guide roller In practice it has proven effective for the guide roller to be pivotable and/or movable, for example and in particular over joints and/or elongated holes which may, for example and in particular, also be curved whereby fast and easy ability of movement away from the conveyor belt and toward the conveyor belt is made possible.
  • the guide roller in connection with the ability of movement away from the conveyor belt and toward the conveyor belt, provided the conveyor belt is aligned parallel relative to the ground and thereby aligned horizontally, the guide roller has a movement vector in a perpendicular direction during its movement at least in the movement vector diagram, thus moving the guide roller upward and/or downward.
  • roller holder and/or for a part of the roller holder and whereby in case of the movability of the guide roller and the roller holder and/or a part of the roller holder a high level of flexibility relative to different curved belts is encountered, and for the most varied guide rollers and applications it is possible to effect fast and cost-effective changing of the conveyor belt and/or of the corresponding settings to match the given circumstances by way of the corresponding adjustment of conveyor belt and roller holder.
  • the guide roller has ball bearings because this ensures a quiet operation of the guide roller.
  • the guide roller is paired with another guide roller that is arranged on the opposite side of the conveyor belt, thus forming a guide roller pair, which means the roller pair engages in the conveyor belt both from the top as well as from the bottom via the engagement element, in particular the rubber bead.
  • At least one guide roller is arranged eccentrically with regard to the point of rotation of the roller holder and/or a part of the roller holder which allows for controlled pivoting via a pivot element, in particular if a guide roller is disposed on a pivot element, in particular a pivoted lever.
  • the pivot lever is connected with the ability to rotate to the roller holder, and the guide roller is self-centeredly (i.e. without its own eccentricity) connected with the ability to rotate so that via the pivoting ability of the pivot lever an eccentric arrangement is achieved with regard to the point of rotation of the roller holder, which means here with regard to the point of rotation of the pivot lever that is articulated on the roller holder.
  • the guiding of the guide roller is configured as self-centered in order to ensure an operation that is as quiet and even as possible.
  • the pivoted element can be fixed in place by way of a drive element, for example and in particular via a bolt that can be inserted in a bore hole in the roller holder.
  • the pivoted element in particular the pivoted lever
  • the pivoted lever can be reversibly fixed in placed in preset positions; for example, the pivoted lever may run in a guide groove of the roller holder and stop positions are provided on the guide groove in the form of line-shaped elevations in the material thereby providing for a stopping against such line-shaped elevations in the material but which elevations, however, can be overcome if force is applied thus making a gliding across them possible.
  • Line-shaped elevations in the material can be provided in pairs, arranged closely next to each other so that corresponding elevations in the material of the pivoted lever can arrange itself between this pair position thereby producing reversible fixing action.
  • the curved conveyor belt advantageously includes a frame device that predetermines the basic geometry of the curved conveyor belt so that the latter stays constant, irrespective of the settings of the individual conveyor rollers.
  • FIG. 1 a schematic plan view of a cross-section of the curved area of a curved conveyor belt according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 a schematic side view of a cross-section of a curved section of the curved conveyor belt shown in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 a detailed partial view of the cross-sectional view shown in FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 4 a detailed partial view of an alternative embodiment with regard to FIG. 3 .
  • FIG. 1 shows in a top view a schematic cross-section of a curved conveyor belt according to the invention.
  • a conveyor belt 1 forming quasi a frustum of a cone, is guided over several guide rollers 4 , which are rotatably attached on corresponding roller holders 3 , and engage in an engagement element in the form of a sewn-on rubber bead arranged on the outside radius of the curve and forming an edge, and whereby the rollers securely guide the conveyor belt thanks to its being endless.
  • the conveyor belt 1 that is tensioned and fixed in place via the reverse rollers 6 , can be securely guided due to its sensitive adjustability.
  • the individual guide rollers 4 as shown in FIG. 2 —engage in pairs at the respective locations with a vectorial force component in the direction of the outside edge of conveyor belt 1 over the bead-type engagement element 2 ; and at the respective position, both on the tight side as well as on the slack side of the conveyor belt 1 , the upper guide roller is, via a respective pivoted lever 5 , eccentric relative to the point of rotation of the pivot lever on roller holder 3 and is therefore pivotable (upward and downward).
  • the roller holder 3 is configured as one piece and is available as a special molded part so that it is fixed in place in the frame device of the curved conveyor belt.
  • the pair-type guide rollers 4 are arranged as alternating, i.e. they are reciprocal relative to each other, across an additional captive, riveted holding element 8 , whereby the resulting accessibility that is provided for service and repair work is especially comfortable.
  • a drive unit 7 in the form of a motor, drives, via a drive shaft, the reverse rollers and in this special case also one of the two drive rollers 6 .
  • the slack side of conveyor belt 1 extends, as seen in cross-section—as may be recognized in FIG. 2 —in the direction of the outside edge of the curve slightly diagonally downward, so that the belt sides are guided under tension in order to prevent bulging of material.

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