WO1985001718A1 - Dispositif de transport avec des corps de transport rectangulaires - Google Patents

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WO1985001718A1
WO1985001718A1 PCT/NL1984/000033 NL8400033W WO8501718A1 WO 1985001718 A1 WO1985001718 A1 WO 1985001718A1 NL 8400033 W NL8400033 W NL 8400033W WO 8501718 A1 WO8501718 A1 WO 8501718A1
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Cornelis Hendrikus Johannes Van De Vecht
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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
    • B65G35/00—Mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for
    • B65G35/08—Mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for comprising trains of unconnected load-carriers, e.g. belt sections, movable in a path, e.g. a closed path, adapted to contact each other and to be propelled by means arranged to engage each load-carrier in turn

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  • Transport device having rectangular transport bodies.
  • the invention relates to a transport device com ⁇ prising relatively spaced guides between which transport bodies are slidably movable, said transport bodies having a rectangular shape and having their orientation in space substantially maintained upon variation of the transport direction, the transport bodies propelling one another during transport, the device comprising mechanical driving means for transport.
  • the invention has for its object to obviate or at least to mitigate this disadvantage and provides to this end a device of the kind set forth in the preamble, which is characterized in that it is provided with several adjoin- ing transport paths which extend in orthogonal directions and which intersect one another and in that it is provided with change-over means for moving transport bodies from a transport path into a transport path at right angles to the former. According to the invention it is efficient to pro ⁇ vide a plurality of change-over means and a plurality of
  • transport paths extending parallel to one another side by side, whilst one or more relatively parallel sets of trans ⁇ port paths are coupled with and at right angles to the first- mentioned transport paths.
  • the transport paths may form T crosses or the transport paths may form four-crosses.
  • the transport paths may extend as a rectangular set in the three-dimensional space.
  • a particular embodiment is obtained by causing the transport paths to extend along a spacial helix.
  • the transport bodies are preferably formed by plate-shaped bodies comprising each three plates, the circumference of the middle plate being the smallest and the circumferences of the outer plates having different lengths. These plates may be integral.
  • a particular embodiment of the device in accordance with the invention is characterized in that the transport paths extend in two parallel planes and in that every two opposite transport bodies are connected with one another on a corresponding side by means of a plate-shaped body.
  • the transport bodies in which the transport bodies can be transported in a matrix array the transport bodies may be plate-shaped bodies and be provided on opposite sides with a ridge and a groove respectively so that the transport bodies can mutually guide one another.
  • the transport bodies are block-shaped bodies enclosed in a rectangular space, whilst the transport can be performed by slidingly circulating the transport bodies using an empty space corresponding to a block-shaped body.
  • Such a device may be advantageously used as a store.
  • the block-shaped bodies may then be provided with dovetail-shaped cams on given surfaces and corresponding dovetail-shaped grooves in opposite surfaces, said surfaces having two grooves intersecting one another at right angles.
  • the device embodying the invention can, as an al ⁇ ternative, be constructed so that it comprises transport paths in the form of loops.
  • Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a device embodying the invention
  • Fig. 2 is a plan view of part of a device embodying the invention
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic, perspective view of a cross in a device embodying the invention for suspension transport (Fig. 3a) and horizontal transport (Fig. 3b)
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic, perspective view of a mul ⁇ tiple change-over means in a device embodying the invention for suspension transport (Fig. 4a) and horizontal transport (Fig. 4b),
  • Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a matrix array of a transport device embodying the invention for suspension transport '
  • Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a device embodying the invention in which the paths extend in a vertical plane.
  • Figs. 7a, b, c and d are different elevational view of transport bodies for transport on the top side in accordance with the invention
  • Figs. 8a, b are a perspective view of a transport path and a transport * body in a device embodying the invention for suspension transport.
  • Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a potential confi ⁇ guration of the device embodying the invention for suspension transport.
  • Figs. 10, 11 and 12 show potential configurations of the device embodying the invention.
  • Fig. 13 shows part of a device embodying the invent having transport paths in different horizontal planes.
  • Figs. 14 and 15 show potential uses of the device embodying the invention in a van.
  • Fig. 16 shows one embodiment of a transport body in accordance with the invention to be used in a matrix array.
  • Fig. 17 shows an embodiment having transport paths extending along a spacial helix
  • Figs. 18, 19 and 20 are schematic perspective views of the use of the invention in a three-dimensional slide system.
  • reference numerals 1 and 1' designated relatively spaced guides.
  • a rectangular board 2 can slide along these slopes 1 and 1'.
  • the board 2 has fastened to it approximately at the centre 3 a hook for sus ⁇ pending, for example, slaughtered animals.
  • Fig. 2 also shows the guides 1 and 1' with a plu ⁇ rality of adjacent boards 2, 2*, 2", etc.
  • the board 2n at the end of the path 5 (formed by the guides 1 and 1*) is moved at right angles to its initial direction by pushing it by the rod 6 indicated by an arrow and the boards on the orthogonal paths 7 are moved in the same manner as on the path 5.
  • the movements of the rods 4 and 6 have to be synchronized.
  • a "change-over" Herein the path 5 is open and changes over to an auxiliary path 10.
  • the path may have vertical and also horizontal curvatures when the dimensions of the boards and the distances between the guides are proportioned accordingly.
  • the boards 2, 2' etc. need not necessarily be square, they may also be elongate.
  • the distances of the orthogonal guides of the parts 7 and 10 have to chosen accordingly.
  • the transport of objects on these boards has the advantage that these objects are free one of the other.
  • An example is cleaning casings not pushed one by the other but kept spaced apart, which is, of course, advantageous for cleaning purposes.
  • OMPI ⁇ r ⁇ WiPO advantage herein that the boards can " also be cleaned separat
  • An orthogonal change-over of the propelling movement is al ⁇ ways difficult in conveyor belts of the conventional kind.
  • a board of the auxiliary path 10 can serve as a guide.
  • Fig. 4 shows a "crossing" of intersecting transport paths embodying the invention.
  • the paths 12 and 13 intersect one another at right angles.
  • the kinds of guides shown in Figs. 3 and 4 are preferably used in accordance with the 10 invention with the transport boards shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7. These guides together with these transport pallets con ⁇ stitute a particularly suitable combination. Both suspended transport and standing transport are possible, whilst more ⁇ over transport along a wall is possible as is illustrated 15 in Fig. 6.
  • the transport directions indicated in Fig. 3 by arrows are arbitrary and all of them are reversible.
  • the transport paths 13 and 12 may be multiple paths.
  • Fig. 4 shows a double T-cross embodying the inventi
  • the guides are formed by angle-section 20 profiles.
  • the transport paths 14 and 15 are parallel to one ' another and intersect the transport path 16 at right angles.
  • the transport directions indicated are arbitrary. Each direction is reversible.
  • the transport paths may be multiple paths and be suitable 25 for hanging and lying transports.
  • Figs. 5, 6 and 7 show different kinds of transport bodies embodying the invention.
  • Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a system embodying the invention for hanging transport in accordance with a mosaic system.
  • the transport bodies 3017 comprise different components, a top plate, a middle plate and a bottom plate.
  • the transport body may be a laminate of these three plates, but as an.alternative it may be a single piece.
  • the middle plate has the smaller length and width.
  • the top plate has a length and a width lying between 35 those of the bottom plate and those other plate.
  • Corresponding transport bodies 20 and 21 are shown in Figs. 7a and 7b.
  • Figs. 7c and 7d show idle transport boards. These idle transport boards are formed essentially by an open frame work. Such transport bodies may sometimes be required in given transport systems in which it is necessary to provide intervals, for example at processing stations, but they may also be used when it is desired to have an opening.
  • Fig. 6 shows a transport system in which the trans ⁇ port guides 1 are located in a vertical plane.
  • the transport bodies 18 and 19 have fastened to them horizontal surfaces 23 and 24, on which the objects to be transported can be deposited.
  • Fig. 8 shows a potential alternative for a hang ⁇ ing transport path.
  • the guide is composed of strips and profiles riveted to one another.
  • Fig. 9 shows a pushing on system embodying the invention which may be used, for example, in killing and dressing poultry or other animals and which may furthermore be employed for various processes and as a weighing and grading belt.
  • the transport bodies can be slid on parallel after a predetermined period of time by one or more locations within this predetermined period of time processes can be carried out. Grading, for example, on the basis of weight, may be carried out to the paths 27, 28 and 29.
  • Fig. 10 shows a potential configuration of a transp device embodying the invention. It comprises two relatively coupled loops and two matrix arrays. References X, Y and Z may represent different objects located on the transport boards, but they may also indicate that different processes are carried out thereon. Reference numerals 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 designate propelling mechanisms.
  • the path 38 constitutes a closed loop, with which the loop 37 is coupled. The residence time of the transport bodies is tripled in the matrix arrays 39 and 40.
  • This system may be used, for example, for preparing foodstuffs, in which different kinds of food X, Y and Z are prepared, for example, along the path
  • OMPI 38 further prepared, for example, by cooking in the matrix array 39 and frozen in the matrix array 40.
  • the feed of raw material may be at a given, desired place, whereas the ready product can be evacuated at a further chosen place.
  • disapproved products Via the loop 37 disapproved products may be conducted away.
  • Fig. 11 shows a configuration of a transport device embodying the invention, which may be used for grading object by weight. Like in Fig. 10 Fig. 11 shows the empty places by cross-hatchings.
  • the objects to be graded can be introduced.
  • weighing can be carried out in three classe of weight A, B or C.
  • other processes may be carried out and the delivery according to weight A, B or C can take place by means of the loops 37, 38 and 39.
  • the graded objects can be delivered to a store.
  • the loop 40 ensures the return of the empty boards.
  • Fig. 12 shows a transport device embodying the invention in which five transport paths 51, 52, 53, 54 and 55 join at a junction formed as a matrix. At this junction are found the transport boards 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 and 50. In principle, it is possible to control in an arbitrary manner the traffic from and towards the paths 51 to 54 throug the junction.
  • Fig. 14 shows the use of a transport device embody- ing the invention in a van.
  • the purpose is to ensure, in transporting goods that invariably the "correct" container is disposed at the doors of the van.
  • the exchange of con ⁇ tainers can take place during transport.
  • Two guide plates or transport boards 55 and 56 carry a loading plate 57.
  • the transport boards 55 and 56 may be designed in the form shown in Fig. 6, but also in the form shown in Figs. 5, 7a and 7b. Guides may be arranged along the walls of the van, but the transport guides 55 can also be caused to slide along other transport boards.
  • Figs. 15 and 16 show a variant of the principle illustrated in Fig. 14.
  • the circulation takes place with the aid of transport boards 58 which can slide along the
  • containers 59 can be deposited on the loading pallets 58.
  • the loading pallets 58 may be provided in known manner with rim and groove systems 60, 61 so that a mutual guiding of the pallets is obtained.
  • Fig. 13 sche ⁇ matically shows how transport paths may lie in different planes and be intercoupled with the aid of, for example, lifting mechanisms.
  • Fig. 17 shows an embodiment of the device in accordance with the invention which comprises an ascending spacial helix and a descending spacial helix. Such a system may be used when long residence times are desired in a given space, for example, for cooling, sterilizing or heating.
  • Fig. 18 shows a system in which transport bodies, for example, cubes can be shifted around in a slide system, since there is provided an open place.
  • the cubes could be containers for objects. In storing plants considerabl space can thus be saved because there is no need for lanes.
  • the cubes or blocks may also be constructed so that they mutually guide one another as is indicated in Figs. 19 and 20. Herein dovetail-like couplings may be used.
  • the transport boards in the systems embodying the invention may be made of wood, but preferably of a material satisfactorily sliding on metal, for example, nylon or a different synthetic resin.
  • the carriers are preferably L- shaped, but they may have a (lying) V-profile. Hooks may be fastened to the boards or objects lying on them may be transported or the two possibilities may be simultaneously practized.
  • An advantage of the rectangular boards on the guides embodying the invention is furthermore that the positio of a suspended animal does not change with respect to the transport direction during transport, which may be advantageou in automated processes, for example, machine-cutting of por- tions of animals.
  • a transport path may have a gradually varying dis ⁇ tance with respect to the horizontal so that it is possible
  • OMPI to proceed, for example, from "hanging" transport to “lying” transport and processing.
  • horizontal guides may be provided in part of the space to avoid excessive pressure on the lower transport bodies. Vertical transport can then take place in other parts of the space.
  • the parts 37, 38 and 39 of Fig. 11 may be detachabl and be components of other transport systems. This also appli to parts of the components 37,.38 and 39. Such parts may stand on rollers and be charged in a van for transport or be stored.
  • the transport boards of Fig. 5 are also suitable for standing transport (Fig. 6) and for transport along a wall, in which case an angle-section profile is used as a guide.
  • the open transport board of Fig. 7c and Fig. 7d can be used for transporting crates having a partly open bottom for washing, boiling, vaporizing, cooling and cleaning
  • the shape of the transport boards may be different.
  • a groove may be provided all around and round tubes may be used as guides.
  • the groove can be made so that the surfaces of the two main faces are different.
  • the systems described are particularly suitable for computer control.

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Dispositif de transport comportant des guides (1, 1') espacés l'un par rapport à l'autre, entre lesquels des corps de transport (2, 17) peuvent glisser, la forme desdits corps de transport (2, 17) étant rectangulaire et l'orientation des corps de transport (2, 17) dans l'espace étant essentiellement conservée lors d'une modification de la direction de transport (4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15), alors que pendant le transport, les corps de transport (2, 17) poussent l'un contre l'autre et que des mécanismes d'entraînement sont prévus pour le transport, le dispositif comportant une pluralité de chemins de transport s'intercalant (4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) qui sont à angle droit les uns par rapport aux autres et qui se coupent entre eux, alors que des mécanismes de changement de position sont prévus pour déplacer les corps de transport (2, 17) d'un chemin de transport à un autre chemin de transport situé à angle droit par rapport à celui-ci.
PCT/NL1984/000033 1983-10-14 1984-10-12 Dispositif de transport avec des corps de transport rectangulaires WO1985001718A1 (fr)

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