US3598230A - Apparatus for distributing luggage parcels and the like - Google Patents

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US3598230A
US3598230A US827282A US3598230DA US3598230A US 3598230 A US3598230 A US 3598230A US 827282 A US827282 A US 827282A US 3598230D A US3598230D A US 3598230DA US 3598230 A US3598230 A US 3598230A
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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
    • B65G17/06—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 having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected, e.g. longitudinal, links, plates, or platforms
    • B65G17/065—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 having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected, e.g. longitudinal, links, plates, or platforms the load carrying surface being formed by plates or platforms attached to a single traction element
    • B65G17/066—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 having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected, e.g. longitudinal, links, plates, or platforms the load carrying surface being formed by plates or platforms attached to a single traction element specially adapted to follow a curved path
    • 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
    • B65G17/22—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 with oppositely-moving parts of the conveyor located in a common plane and being formed by individual load carriers only
    • 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
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  • Lane [S4] APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING LUGGAGE Allomey-Sommers & Young ABSTRACT This invention relates to luggage distribution apparatus in the form of an endless moving conveyor comprising a number of slats which slope transversely to the direction of movement of the conveyor. Bracing members are connected between the slats to facilitate the driving and guiding of the conveyor.
  • apparatus for distributing and/or for facilitating the sorting of luggage, parcels and like articles, comprising a moving articlercception surface having a slope, transversely of thedirection of movement, which differs as between one place and another, and means for feeding articles to the reception surface at a place where the slope is smaller.
  • article-reception surfacedescribed in the aforementioned patent includes a series of transversely extending sloping rods or slats driven at their lower ends by a chain and guided at their upper ends so that as they move-they adopt different attitudes to impart to the article-reception surface the desired slopes at the different places.
  • bracing members in the form of ties or struts each of which is connected to the lower end of one rod or slat and to'the upper end of another rod or slat.
  • sloping rods or slats of the articleueception surface described in our earlier patent are bridged by two-layer flexible material between the layers of which compressible bodies of sponge rubber orlong inflated air bags are arranged which by their deformation permit the spacing of the sloping rods or slats to vary to accommodate the different slopes of the article reception surface.
  • a'modification of this arrangement comprises simply bridging the rods or slats with flexible web material, which where the slope is smallest is relatively taut between the rods orslats and where the slope is greatest will therefore sag between the rods or slats.
  • the flexible web material may be' trapped on the rods or slats by clamping strips which extend along the rods or slats and are secured thereto at intervals, for exampleby rivets.
  • the clamping strips will by their upper surfaces define the actual surfaces down which the articles will slide.
  • these upper surfaces of the clamping strips may be coated with polytetrafluoroethylene to give them a substantially common and low coefficient of dynamic and static friction.
  • an upstanding flexible skirt extends and moves with the article-reception surface.
  • the moving skirt is replaced by a cushion or buffer, for example a hollow rubber moulding, which moves with the article-reception surface and against which articles sliding down the surface will collide to prevent them engaging the stationary side structure of the apparatus.
  • FIG. I corresponds to FIG. I of our earlier patent specification and is a perspective view of the general form of apparatus
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the arrangement at the lower end of the sloping bars of the construction
  • FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway plan view of the sloping bars and bracing members
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view on the line IV-IV of FIG. 3, and
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional view on the line V-V of FIG. 3.
  • the article-reception surface illustrated is an endless, continuously moving conveyor I of oblong annular form as seen in plan view.
  • the surface has parts of moderate slope transversely to the direction of movement along the long sides and parts of greater slope at the semicircular ends.
  • Articles are fed on to the reception surface to trap the fabric belt 4 in position.
  • These clamping strips 5 are preferably either made of lowfriction material such as nylon for example, or are coated witha low friction material on their upper side.
  • the fabric belt 4 is fitted tothe rods 3 so that at the places of moderate slope it is taut between the bars and at the places of greater slope where the rods 3 come closer together it sags between the rods 3.
  • the rods 3 are supported by rollers (not shown) running'in a channel-shaped guide (not shown) which extends around-the inner edge of the surface of the conveyor 1 and rises and falls to give the conveyor surface the desired transverse slope. This form of support is substantially the same as that described in our earlierpatent.
  • the rods 3 are pivotally connected at 7 to chain driven trolley members 8 moving in a stationary guiding structure 9.
  • the rods 3 are braced one to another by bracing members 10 forming ties or struts which have a slight degree of flexibility.
  • the different bracing members have been given the different suffix letters A, B, C, D and E so that it is clear that the particular example shown the bracing members are pivotally mounted at '12 to the lower end of one rod 3 and pivotally mounted at I3 to the upper-end of the next but one trailing rod 3, assuming that the conveyor is moving in the direction of the arrow II; the bracing members I0. thus act as ties.
  • the form of pivotal connections at I2 and I3 are illustrated in FIGS.
  • each member 10 is connected at its upper end to a rod 3 in the manner shown in FIG. 4, but is connected at its lower end to a rod 3 as shown in FIG. 5.
  • the connection means shown in FIG. '4 comprises a threaded pin which is rigidly secured to red 3 and passes through an aperture in member 10.
  • Member 10 is provided with a rubber bushing 10B which has bonded thereto a concentric hardened steel ring 10C.
  • a nut 10A secures the member 10 on pin 10A.
  • the rod 3 is shown as having a depending boss with a threaded portion 14A onto which is threaded the nut 14D.
  • Bushing 14B and hardened ring I4C are provided in the same manner as in FIG. 4.
  • the means of FIGS. 4 and 5 ensures that each member I0 will be disposed sufficiently below the adjacent rods 3 so as to avoid interference therebetween even when the rods are deflected downwardly under load.
  • rubber bushings are provided, surrounding the pivotal link between the ends of the members I0 and the rods 3.
  • the trolley members 8 each comprise a casting I5 carrying the pivot connections 7 and having a supporting roller 16 running on a track I7 of the stationary guiding structure 9.
  • the casting I5 is tied to the driving chain I8 and is guided laterally on one side by rollers I9 on the chain running against the vertical track 20 of the stationary guiding structure 9.
  • the casting is guided laterally on its other side by shoe 21 running against a vertical guide surface 22 of the guiding structure 9.
  • the casting is shaped to define a platform 23 on which is secured a rubberbuffcr or cushion 24 in the form of a hollow rubber moulding extending continuously around the outer lower edge of the conveyor surface.
  • the outer edge of the conveyor surface including a portion of the buffer 24 extends beneath a skirt 25 which depends downwardly from a sill 26 forming part of a stationary outer wall structure 27 of the conveyor.
  • Apparatus for distributing and/or for facilitating the sorting of articles of the nature of luggage, parcels and the like comprising,
  • said article reception surface including a series of transversely extending sloping elongate rods driven at their lower ends and guided at their upper ends, and
  • bracing members each of which is pivotally connected between the lower end of one rod and the upper end of another rod.
  • bracing members are sufficiently spaced below said rods to avoid interference with the adjacent rods as said rods deform under load.

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