WO2001019538A1 - Feeding arrangement for individual feeding of timber pieces - Google Patents
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- WO2001019538A1 WO2001019538A1 PCT/SE2000/001751 SE0001751W WO0119538A1 WO 2001019538 A1 WO2001019538 A1 WO 2001019538A1 SE 0001751 W SE0001751 W SE 0001751W WO 0119538 A1 WO0119538 A1 WO 0119538A1
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- conveyor
- guide space
- timber
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
- B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
- B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
- B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
- B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
- B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
- B07C5/04—Sorting according to size
- B07C5/12—Sorting according to size characterised by the application to particular articles, not otherwise provided for
- B07C5/14—Sorting timber or logs, e.g. tree trunks, beams, planks or the like
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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
- B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
- B65G47/34—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor
- B65G47/44—Arrangements or applications of hoppers or chutes
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- the present invention relates to a feeding arrangement for the individual feeding of timber pieces to a downwardly moving conveyor, and comprising an incoming conveyor for the supply of timber pieces and projecting carriers on the downwardly moving conveyor.
- the present invention is intended to be applied in a plant for the sorting of individual timber pieces of different dimensions and/or qualities into a number of sorting compartments superposed over one another.
- the individual sorting compartments are represented by approximately horizontal conveyors of a considerable length, of the order of magnitude of 50-100 m or possibly more. These conveyors are superposed over one another with a spacing of approximately 30-40 cm.
- the number of sorting compartments in the vertical direction may be large, often as many as 30- 50 in number.
- a downwardly moving conveyor runs along the infeed ends of the sorting compartments and conveys the individual timber pieces up to a given, predetermined sorting compartment where the timber piece is discharged by means of a transfer device and is fed into the selected sorting compartment.
- the time available for infeed of each individual timber piece into a specific sorting compartment has been increased. This has been realised by means of an increase of the linear transport length for each timber piece on the downwardly moving conveyor from the uppermost sorting compartment to the lowermost.
- the downwardly moving conveyor has been placed at an inclination in that the individual sorting compartments do not begin in a vertical plane, but in a plane which inclines to the vertical. This has been achieved in that an upper sorting compartment extends out beyond a subjacent sorting compartment.
- the downwardly moving conveyor follows the infeed ends of the sorting compartments and displays considerable inclination in relation to a vertical plane.
- the downwardly moving conveyor has a number of chains on which the timber pieces lie flat with the longitudinal direction of the timber pieces approximately at right angles to the direction of movement of the chains. This implies that the timber pieces incline in the same manner as the chains, for which reason the front edges of the timber pieces, seen in the direction of movement, are constantly located on a lower level than their rear edges. This inclination of the timber pieces is highly advantageous, or even necessary, when the timber pieces are to be transferred from the downwardly moving conveyor to each respective sorting compartment.
- the objective is to place the infeed ends of the sorting compartments and the downwardly moving conveyor in mutually parallel vertical planes.
- the previously known technique of feeding the downwardly moving conveyor cannot be employed in such a configuration.
- the present invention has for its object to design the feeding arrangement intimated by way of introduction such that it can, with high capacity, feed a substantially vertical downwardly moving conveyor with projecting carriers, at the same time as the timber pieces carried by the carriers can be given an orientation which is favourable when the timber pieces are subsequently transferred to each respective sorting compartment.
- the present invention has for its object to design the arrangement according to the present invention such that it affords an extremely high work rate and a high level of operational reliability.
- the objects forming the basis of the present invention will be attained if the carriers incline obliquely downwards in a direction out from the downwardly moving conveyor, that a curved guide space defined by guide rails is disposed to overlap an upper region of the downwardly moving conveyor with a lower end portion, and that the angle of curvature of the guide space is so great that the upper side of a timber piece coming to the guide space will be turned downwards when the timber piece rests on a carrier.
- Fig. 1 is a vertical side elevation of the infeed ends of an arrangement with mutually superposed sorting compartments, where the feeder arrangement according to the present invention is located over the uppermost sorting compartment;
- Fig. 2 is a vertical side elevation of the arrangement according to the present invention in connection with the infeed ends of the uppermost sorting compartments.
- Fig. 1 shows a vertical side elevation of one end of a plant for sorting timber, so that the timber, after sorting, will be arranged according to timber dimensions and quality.
- the plant is based on a bearing structure of steel beams and, in the illustrated embodiment, has a height of approximately 20 m.
- the plant includes a number of sorting compartments, one for each timber dimension and quality, or possibly one for each range of dimensions or qualities.
- the sorting compartments are arranged superposed over one another, with a spacing in the vertical direction of 30-40 cm.
- Each sorting compartment includes a number of conveyors disposed at the same height and parallel with each other and carrying the timber pieces which lie only in one layer on each sorting compartment and which have their longitudinal direction horizontal and at right angles to the longitudinal directions of the conveyors and the sorting compartments, i.e. at right angles to the plane of the Drawing in Fig. 1.
- reference numeral 1 relates to the above-mentioned sorting compartments
- reference numeral 2 relates to a downwardly moving part in a vertically running conveyor
- reference numeral 3 relates to an upwardly moving part in the above-mentioned conveyor.
- the conveyor which may suitably be substantially vertical, carries reference numeral 4 and runs over an upper bending roller 5 and a lower bending roller 6.
- the vertical conveyor carries the timber pieces from above and downwards for infeed of them into a specific sorting compartment 1.
- the plant displays an incoming conveyor 7 which is substantially horizontal, and which carries the timber pieces horizontally, with the longitudinal direction at right angles to the direction of movement of the conveyor 7 and hence at right angles to the plane of the paper in Fig. 1.
- the arrangement according to the present invention has a feeder device carrying the generic reference numeral 8.
- Fig. 2 shows, on a larger scale, the feeder device 8 together with an upper region of the vertical conveyor 4 and the four uppermost sorting compartments 1.
- the incoming conveyor 7 has at least one end portion which is turned to face the feeder device 8 and which is substantially horizontal.
- the incoming conveyor 7 includes carrier rails 9 on which the timber pieces 10 slide. Further, the incoming conveyor 7 includes drive chains, belts or the like which are provided with carriers 11 which shunt the individual timber pieces 10 ahead of them.
- the incoming conveyor 7 feeds the timber pieces 10 in a direction to the left in the Drawing, in accordance with the arrow 12.
- a synchronisation conveyor 13 with arrest members 14 which prevent individual timber pieces from moving to the left and downwards at a speed which is greater than the speed of the synchronisation conveyor 13.
- the synchronisation conveyor runs synchronously with the vertical conveyor 4 in the sense that an arrest member 14 must always coincide in terms of movement with a carrier 23 on the vertical conveyor 4 (as will be described in greater detail below). It is clearly apparent from the Figure how the timber pieces 10 abuts against the arrest members 14 with their front edges seen in the direction of movement. It will further be apparent that an upper region of the downwardly moving part 2 in the vertical conveyor 4 overlaps with a lower portion of the synchronisation conveyor 13, and it is in this region that the movements of the arrest members 14 and the carriers 23 are to coincide.
- the path of the synchronisation conveyor 13 is determined by the two bending rollers 15 and 16, as well as by a guide rail 17 which has a straight and approximately horizontal portion facing towards the incoming conveyor 7 and an arched downward portion which is directed towards the vertical conveyor 4 and which overlaps partly with it.
- the arched portion is approximately in the form of an arc and of an extent in the circumferential direction of approximately 90° or slightly more.
- the arrangement according to the present invention includes a drive means with a circulating belt 18, a chain or the like.
- the belt 18 runs over the two bending rollers 19 and 20 and is located with its upper part slightly above the upper surface of the guide rail 17 so that the timber pieces, by friction co-operation with the belt 18, are advanced by it.
- the belt 18 runs with greater linear speed than that which applies to the synchronisation conveyor 13 so that the timber piece 10' along the horizontal section of the guide rail 17 is accelerated to a position which corresponds to the timber piece 10" where it subsequently follows the arrest member 14 at that speed which is defined by the synchronisation conveyor.
- the guide space 21 On the outside of the guide rail 17, there is a guide space 21 through which the timber pieces pass.
- the guide space 21 is defined outwardly and upwardly by an outer guide rail 22 which, at least to a part of its (approximately one quarter of a turn) length, runs approximately parallel with the curved section of the inner guide rail 17. It will be clearly apparent from the Figure how the individual carriers 23 disposed on the vertical conveyor 4 extend straight through the guide space 21.
- the outer guide rail 22 has a lower end portion which may be seen as an upward extension of the vertical conveyor 4.
- the inner guide rail 17 is of an extent which preferably somewhat exceeds 90°. This implies that if the upper, straight section of the guide rail 17 is horizontal, its lower end (the discharge end) will diverge somewhat away from the vertical conveyor 4 in a downward direction. Between the lower end region of the inner guide rail 17 and the vertical conveyor 4, the guide space 21 will, as a result, have a downwardly cuneiformly flaring section which is downwardly defined by a carrier 23 passing therethrough. It is in this region that the deposition of a timber piece from an arrest member 14 to a carrier 23 is completed.
- the carriers 23 incline obliquely downwards in a direction out from the downwardly moving part 2 in the vertical conveyor 4.
- the carriers 23 will approximately form tangents to the bending curve of the guide space 21 when the carrier departs from the guide space.
- the curvature of the guide space 21 is so great that the upper side of a timber piece which is fed to the guide rail 17 will be turned to face downwards when the same timber piece rests on a carrier 23.
- the synchronisation conveyor 13 in a sense ran synchronously with the vertical conveyor 4. However, the synchronisation conveyor 13 moves at greater linear speed than the carriers 23. Further, the distances between adjacent arrest members 14 is greater than between adjacent earners 23.
- the synchronisation resides in the fact that a timber piece whose position in the guide space 21 is defined by an arrest member 14 is to come into contact with a carrier 23 located in the guide space, at the same position in the guide space, namely approximately where the width of the guide space begins to increase in a downward direction. Further, the arrest member 14 should have wholly passed the carrier 23 so that the timber piece rests entirely on the carrier when this departs from the guide space and the arrest member 14 begins to be angled away at the bending roller 16.
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Priority Applications (7)
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NZ517836A NZ517836A (en) | 1999-09-15 | 2000-09-11 | Feeding arrangement for individual feeding of timber pieces |
AT00964841T ATE255472T1 (en) | 1999-09-15 | 2000-09-11 | DEVICE FOR INDIVIDUALLY FEEDING PIECES OF WOOD |
AU75665/00A AU772952B2 (en) | 1999-09-15 | 2000-09-11 | Feeding arrangement for individual feeding of timber pieces |
DE60006981T DE60006981T2 (en) | 1999-09-15 | 2000-09-11 | DEVICE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL FEEDING OF WOOD PIECES |
EP00964841A EP1218118B1 (en) | 1999-09-15 | 2000-09-11 | Feeding arrangement for individual feeding of timber pieces |
US10/070,988 US6889847B1 (en) | 1999-09-15 | 2000-09-11 | Feeding arrangement for individual feeding of timber pieces |
CA002384735A CA2384735C (en) | 1999-09-15 | 2000-09-11 | Feeding arrangement for individual feeding of timber pieces |
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SE9903274A SE514971C2 (en) | 1999-09-15 | 1999-09-15 | Feeding device for piece feeding of wood pieces |
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