US3696912A - Brake for roller conveyors - Google Patents

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US3696912A
US3696912A US842047*A US3696912DA US3696912A US 3696912 A US3696912 A US 3696912A US 3696912D A US3696912D A US 3696912DA US 3696912 A US3696912 A US 3696912A
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  • ABSTRACT A selectively operable brake for roller conveyors is described in which each roller is connected to a pulley beneath the pass line by a tensioned resilient drive belt and the pulleys are selectively stopped by interposing a sprag.
  • the pulleys may either be positively arrested or allowed to frictionally slip for braking.
  • lnterposition of the sprag is controlled by means which permit the device to function as an accumulation conveyor while permitting accumulated objects to be released individually or in groups.
  • the device is usable as a powered live-roller accumulation conveyor or without power as a gravity conveyor.
  • This invention relates to roller conveyors used to transport individual objects on a pass line, and in its principal aspect concerns a brake for a minimum pressure accumulation roller conveyor which is effective to prevent jamming, pressure build-up and overrun of conveyed objects.
  • a principal object of the present invention is to provide an improved positive braking system for roller conveyors which is effective to automatically slow or stop the movement of individual conveyed objects to prevent them from running together and jamming or from building up a potentially damaging accumulation of forward pressure against a downstream stoppage. It is particularly intended to provide a positive braking means for such conveyors which will accumulate conveyed objects at predetermined spaced intervals upstream of a stoppage, while permitting the accumulated objects to be selectively released as desired.
  • the invention has as a further object the provision of a simple and inexpensive brake particularly adapted for live-roller conveyors in which a common drive shaft powers each individual roller through a tensioned drive belt.
  • FIG. 1 is a partial side elevation of a live-roller accumulation conveyor exemplifying one aspect of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged section taken in the plane 22 of FIG. I;
  • FIG. 3 is a section similar to FIG. 2 showing a gravity conveyor pulley arrangement
  • FIG. 4 is an end elevation of the structure of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a live-roller accumulation conveyor utilizing the structure of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 6 is a live-roller accumulation conveyor incorporating a modification of the structure of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a gravity accumulation roller conveyor utilizing the structure of FIG. 3;
  • F IG. 8 is a side elevation of a second exemplary roller conveyor
  • FIG. 9 is an enlarged section taken in the plane 99 v ofFIG. 8;
  • FIG. 10 is a fragmentary view of an alternative embodiment of the configuration of FIG. 8;
  • FIG. 1 l is an end elevation of the structure of FIG. 8;
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a live-roller conveyor similar to that of FIG. 5 utilizing the structure of FIG. 11 and having provision for slug runout;
  • FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of an accumulation roller conveyor employing a plurality of close-coupled braked roller sections
  • FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of a gravity roller conveyor utilizing the structure of FIG. 11;
  • FIG. 15 is a partial side elevation of a third exemplary live-roller accumulation conveyor
  • FIG. 16 is an enlarged section taken in the plane 16-16 of FIG. 15;
  • FIG. 17 is an end elevation of the structure of FIG. 15;
  • FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of a live-roller conveyor similar to that of FIG. 5 and having the structure of FIG. 15;
  • FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of a roller conveyor similar to FIG. 18 having coincidence triggering.
  • FIG. 20 is a gravity accumulation conveyor utilizing the structure of FIG. 15.
  • FIG. 1 an exemplary live-roller accumulation conveyor in which individually powered transverse rollers 10 are supported for rotation by a frame having longitudinal side members 11.
  • the upper surfaces of the individual rollers 10 are disposed on a common plane and define a pass line along which conveyed objects (shown in phantom) are propelled.
  • Certain rollers 10 are individually driven from a drive shaft 12 which, in this example, is positioned beneath the pass line and aligned in the direction of conveyor movement.
  • a motor (not shown) drives the shaft 12 in a conventional manner.
  • Each sleeve 13 carries a plurality of spools 16, one for each roller 10.
  • the spool sections 16 in the particular embodiment of FIG. 1 are separately carried as individual spool units by the sleeve 13.
  • Power is transferred from each spool 16 to its associated roller 10 through a resilient tensioned drive belt 18 such as an O-ring.
  • the elastomeric properties of the belt 18 allow it to stretch somewhat in accommodating itself to the spacing between the roller 10 and the sleeve 13, thus applying a preload tending to pull the sleeve 13 and spools 16 to one side of the drive shaft 12 (FIG. 2).
  • This preload provides a controlled degree of coupling friction between the shaft 12, the sleeve 13 and the spools 16. Under ordinary operating conditions the frictional coupling between these elements is sufficient to provide non-slipping power transmission to each roller 10.
  • a brake is provided for individual groups of rollers 10 by which the sleeve 13 and its spools 16 are positively halted while the drive shaft 12 continues to rotate. This is accomplished by providing a key 20 on the sleeve 13 which rotates with the sleeve, but which can be positively stopped by the interposition of a sprag 21 carried on a pivot shaft 22. As seen in FIG. 1, the pivot shaft 22 is rotated in a counterclockwise direction to bring the sprag 21 into the path of the key 20 on the rotating sleeve 13.
  • the rollers of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are therefore driven by a double-friction mechanism, that'is, there are two points of possible frictional slippage between the drive shaft 12 and the rollers 10 so that certain desirable motion in the drive system may continue although other elements are immobilized.
  • Actuation of the sprag 21 is accomplished through trigger means which, in this exemplary embodiment, includes a trigger roller 23 attached to a pivot frame 24 mounted on the frame side members 11 and carrying a chain 25 or other linkage means running back to a lever 26 on the next preceding pivot shaft 22.
  • a spring 27 is provided to retain the sprag 21 in a disengaged position and to hold the trigger roller 23 slightly above the surface of the pass line ready to engage a passing conveyed object.
  • the trigger frame 24 is desirably constructed of two side plates with a cross member so that it is rigid and prevents cocking or skewing of the trigger roller 23.
  • the various slippable members are desirably constructed of materials which will not cause excessive wear or galling during operation, such as metal against plastic and vice versa.
  • the drive shaft 12 is of metal with the sleeve 13 being of a dissimilar metal and the individual spools 16 being of plastic.
  • each sleeve 13 allows the accumulation of more conveyed objects on a given length of conveyor than would otherwise be possible. If individual spools 16 were not used with the belts 18 being driven directly by the sleeve 13, when an object were stopped at a point where a first trigger means was depressed the next oncoming object would be driven onto the braked section until the friction between the bottom of the object and the stillmoving upstream rollers was equal to the downstream braked rollers. The object would therefore come to a stop before it reached the point where it could actuate the trigger roller at the front of that braked section. Further oncoming objects would strike it, nudging it gradually forward until it depressed the trigger means to brake the next section of upstream rollers to stop the nudging process (FlG. 5).
  • each trigger means is located at the midpoint of the next succeeding downstream section of braked rollers so that an object will tend to come to a stop directly over the trigger means for the next preceding group of braked rollers.
  • the overrunning provision mentioned previously allows gaps between the products to be closed.
  • This construction has the further advantage of allowing accurate singulation of individual products from the accumulated group after the blockage has been'removed, since each product is enabled to start up smoothly when the next succeeding downstream product passes away from the trigger means on which it previously had been resting.
  • FIG. 8 a second major embodiment of the invention is shown in which the belts 18 are directly driven by the sleeve 13 through'spool-shaped depressions 28 in its outer surface.
  • the double-friction feature of the separate spool 16 is eliminated, with the result that a conveyed object is stopped immediately upon encountering a braked section of rollers 10.
  • FIGS. 10 and 11 A modification of the foregoing is shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 wherein an integral separate sprag 30 is carried by the trigger frame 24 itself and engages a key 20 carried on an axial extension 31 of the sleeve 13.
  • the sleeve extension 31 extends downstream by at least one group of braked rollers 10 so that the rollers 10 associated with the sleeve 13 are braked as before by a trigger roller 23 located downstream of the affected rollers.
  • the sleeve extension 31 extends axially downstream of the braked rollers 10 to a point adjacent the trigger frame 24 to provide engagement with the sprag 30.
  • each sleeve extension 31 overlaps the sleeve 13 preceding, and both are rotatably carried by a pivot 32 rather than the drive shaft 12.
  • the necessary driving force is provided by a separate drive shaft 33 located parallel and adjacent to the stationary shaft 32 (FIG. 11).
  • other frictionally driven spools 34 are employed to drive the powered rollers 10 through separate O-ring belts 18.
  • FIGS. 9 and 11 A further feature of the invention shown in FIGS. 9 and 11 provides a brake activation means which allows the sprag 21 to be selectively disengaged even while its trigger roller 23 is depressed, permitting any accumulated objects to be released as a group for slug runout.
  • the pivot shaft 22 is slidably received on a cross shaft 36 mounted to the frame side members 11 and is positioned by means of a yoke 37 engaging a pin 38.
  • the yoke 37 is controlled by an actuating shaft 40 running longitudinally down the conveyor. Under normal operation the sprag 30 engages the key 20 to arrest the sleeve 13 and its associated rollers 10.
  • FIGS. 12, 13 and 14 Application of the foregoing structure to various conveyors is shown schematically in FIGS. 12, 13 and 14.
  • a single group 41 of contiguous braked rollers is associated with a downstream trigger means 42.
  • This conveyor will accumulate when a first conveyed object 43 encounters the trigger means 42 and halts any preceding conveyed object 44 entering upon the group 41 of braked rollers.
  • an activation means 45 such as the actuating shaft 40 in FIG. 11.
  • the groups 41 of braked rollers are arranged in continuous succession, each group being separated by the trigger means 42 for the next preceding group of rollers.
  • a common actuating means 45 controls the brakes of each of the groups 41 to allow for release of all accumulated objects simultaneously.
  • FIG. 14 the same structure is applied to an unpowered gravity roller conveyor.
  • the conveyor structure is substantially identical to that of FIG. 8 except that the pivot shaft 22 is carried by an extension of the adjacent trigger frame 24 instead of by the conveyor frame side members 11.
  • the trigger frame 24 itself acts as an activation means which prevents the sprag 21 from engaging the key 20 unless the adjacent triggerroller 23 at that position is depressed.
  • the result is a coincidence actuation system in which the trigger roller 23 at each group of contiguous rollers 10 to be braked must be depressed in addition to the next downstream trigger roller 23 normally associated with that group.
  • the coincidence triggering mechanism of FIG. 15 has the advantage of assuring that each object is carried freely all the way onto a section of rollers before it is braked. Otherwise, an object would tend to stop toward the upstream side of the group of braked rollers, leaving a gap until it was finally nudged down over that group of rollers to contact the trigger means at the end.
  • FIG. 15 may be utilized with that of FIG. 11 in a construction such as shown in FIG. 17 wherein a separate power shaft 33 and individual spools 34 are provided to drive the rollers 10, with the braking effect being supplied by a sleeve 13 carried on a separate shaft 32 and connected to the rollers 10 by its own O-ring belts 18.
  • An activation means is pro-- vided through the use of a pivot shaft 40, yoke 37 and pin 38 as in the embodiment of FIG. 11.
  • the pivot shaft 22 and sprag 21 of the embodiment of FIGS. 15 and 17 are shiftable both in a downward direction through movement of the trigger frame 24 and in a sideways direction through the shifting of the pivot shaft 22 by the yoke 37. This enables the brake to be released through the release of the actuation means with the additional advantage of coincidence actuation.
  • FIGS. 18, 19 and 20 The use of coincidence actuation in various conveyors is illustrated in FIGS. 18, 19 and 20.
  • a single group of braked rollers 41 is used as in the preceding example of FIG. 12.
  • An actuation means 45 provides for slug runout, and an additional trigger means 46 supplies coincidence actuation. This has the advantage of preventing excessive wear on the mechanism when only single objects are passing down the conveyor, since one such object is incapable by itself of actuating any of the brakes since it cannot depress more than one trigger means at a time.
  • FIG. 18 a single group of braked rollers 41 is used as in the preceding example of FIG. 12.
  • An actuation means 45 provides for slug runout, and an additional trigger means 46 supplies coincidence actuation.
  • FIGS.- 12 and 18 which have braked roller sections 41 at spaced intervals, objects will be accumulated in contiguous groups, one for each section 41 of braked rollers, and with a gap separating the groups.
  • the individual products will be singulated (individually discharged) upon removal of the blockage, although the pressure between products upstream of the braked section is greater than in those other embodiments wherein a larger number of braked sections are used.
  • the double-friction feature of the embodiment of FIG. 1 may be employed to advantage.
  • a roller brake comprising in combination, a plurality of pulleys disposed beneath the pass line and each connected to an individual one of a group of braked rollers by a tensioned resilient belt looped between each pulley and its associated roller, a rotatable sleeve drivably connected to each of the pulleys, and sprag means carried by the frame for selectively engaging the sleeve to arrest the sleeve and rollers.
  • An accumulation conveyor including apparatus as defined in claim 1 and having trigger means disposed adjacent the conveyor pass line downstream of the braked rollers for actuating the sprag means in response to the presence of a conveyed object.
  • the trigger means includes a trigger roller carried by a trigger frame which is pivoted for downward movement upon encountering a conveyed object, and linkage means connecting the trigger frame to the sprag means.
  • the trigger means includes a trigger roller carried by a trigger frame which is pivoted for downward movement upon encountering a conveyed object, the sprag means being carried by the trigger frame, and the rotatable sleeve extending axially downstream of the braked rollers to a point adjacent the trigger frame for engagement with the sprag means.
  • Apparatus as defined in claim 2 in which the sprag means is carried by a shifting member for movement toward and away from. operating proximity to the sleeve, and having activation means for selectively bringing the shifting member into position for engagement of the sprag means with the sleeve in response to the trigger means.
  • Apparatus as defined in claim 5 in which the group of braked rollers and associated downstream trigger means are disposed at the end of a series of unbraked rollers, for accumulation and selective slug runout.
  • An accumulation conveyor including a plurality of consecutively disposed apparatus as defined in claim 5 in which the activation means of each apparatus is jointly operable for effecting slug runout of a group of accumulated conveyed objects.
  • An accumulation conveyor including a plurality of consecutively disposed apparatus as defined in claim 5 in which each activation means is responsive to a preceding upstream trigger means.
  • each activation means includes a trigger frame which is pivoted for downward movement upon encountering a conveyed object, said trigger frame carrying both the trigger roller associated with one group of contiguous braked rollers and the sprag means for the next succeeding downstream group of contiguous braked rollers, whereby the sprag means is engageable with the sleeve of said one group upon being triggered by the next succeeding downstream trigger roller only upon the simultaneous depression of the trigger roller of said one group.
  • each pulley is separately carried by the sleeve in slippable frictional engagement, whereby the amount of driving force transmitted to each individual roller is limited by individual pulley slippage.
  • a live-roller conveyor including apparatus as defined in claim 1 and having a powered rotating drive shaft carried by the frame and disposed within the sleeve in slippable frictional driving engagement ther with.
  • a roller conveyor comprising a frame, a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted on said frame to define a pass line extending along the length of said conveyor, a drive shaft spaced from said rollers and extending transversely thereof, at least one sleeve rotatably mounted upon said drive shaft and juxtaposed to at least some of said rollers, said sleeve being frictionally coupled to said drive shaft to limit the amount of torque transmitted between said drive shaft and said some rollers, a pulley rotatably mounted on said sleeve, and an endless transmission belt for each of said some rollers looped about said pulley and about the associated one of said rollers, said pulley being frictionally coupled to limit further the amount of torque transmitted between said drive shaft and said rollers and to permit one of said some rollers to be stopped independently of the remainder of said some rollers.
  • brake means are provided for engaging said sleeve to arrest the rotation of said sleeve and said some rollers.

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