Abstract:
The transport system comprises a rail and an undercarriage provided with two running wheels arranged in the longitudinal axis of the undercarriage. The running wheels have curved travel or bearing surfaces which rest upon a complementary curved supporting surface of the rail. The undercarriage is guided by a pair of guiding rollers arranged below the rail supporting surface, these guiding rollers engaging a guiding web extending perpendicularly between the guiding rollers. During travelling along curves the undercarriage is inclined towards the interior or inner side, whereby the occurring centrifugal forces are compensated.
Abstract:
A lockout safety device used in combination with a conveyor pullcord syst The device is used to tension and then lock the conveyor system's pullcord in the tensioned position which action renders the conveyor inoperative. Several embodiments are disclosed each of which is portable, simple in structure, inexpensive, compact in size, and useable anywhere along the length of the pullcord. Each functions to cam its surface against and thereby tension the pullcord which then allows it to be locked in that position. In the preferred embodiment, two sets of parallel members are pivotably joined together with each set having a pin to engage the pullcord on one side while the pivot engages it on the other side.
Abstract:
Endless, flexible anti-backbend belts having a molded elastomeric body are disclosed and comprise a plurality of longitudinal high tensile modulus cords embedded in the belt near the inside surface and a layer of substantially incompressible material facing outwardly and forming the outside surface of the belt. When the belt is in a straightened position, the incompressible material provides a resistance to backbending. Other embodiments are also disclosed that operate in combination with drive lugs on the inside surface of a conveyor belt, and the separation of the tensile cords of the conveyor and anti-backbend belts provide a resistance to backbending such as to support the conveyor in the area between its drive and take-up pulleys.
Abstract:
The invention provides a method for manufacturing textile reinforced conveyor beltings comprising subjecting the outer surfaces of a textile carcass constituted wholly of synthetic fibre yarns, or comprising at least a major proportion of synthetic fibre yarns, to a brushing or raising action so as to break and raise or to roughen a proportion of the filaments in the extreme outer yarns prior to impregnation and/or coating of the carcass, for example with PVC or rubber or other polymeric or elastomeric material, so as to improve bondability between the synthetic fibre and the impregnating or coating material.
Abstract:
The disclosure is of conveyor belting and a method for its manufacture. The belting comprises a plurality of substantially parallel textile yarns of a specific character, integrated with a layer of consolidated staple fibers and encapsulated in a matrix of a specific class of elastomeric resin. The belting of the invention is useful to manufacture conveyor belts which exhibit advantageous properties of wear resistance, stability in running and structural integrity.
Abstract:
In a conveyor system having a flexible material-supporting belt made up of a plurality of sections connected end to end, there is provided a single, generally channel-shaped track for establishing a selected course of travel for the belt and an arrangement for moving the belt along the track inclusive of a pulling chain and a plurality of roller carriages on rollers affixed to the pulling chain at selected spaced intervals along the chain, the chain and rollers being entirely enclosed inside the track with the track providing entirely inside track surfaces for the rollers. Each roller carriage fastens to the belt and there may be provided a minimum spacing between roller carriages preferably one roller carriage per belt section with a roller carriage attached to each vertical chain link section placing a roller carriage at each pair of abutting ends of each belt section. The track configuration and roller mountings include combinations of vertical, horizontal and inclined dispositions for different applications.
Abstract:
A wire conveyor belt formed of a plurality of interconnected wire links of generally flat helical configuration with one surface of each link defined by a plurality of elongated connective portions extending across the link between spaced arcuate end portions, and the other, generally opposed surface of the link being defined by a pluality of generally U-shaped connective portions extending between the arcuate end portions and defining a channel extending along the link with the base of the channel extending inwardly toward the other surface, the links being pivotally interconnected by a plurality of connective cross members extending across the belt through the arcuate end portions.
Abstract:
A natural or synthetic rubber or other elastomeric or plastic conveyor belt is reinforced with an embedded fabric layer disposed on each side of at least one layer of coplanar substantially parallel cords having their axis extending along the greatest dimension of the belt. A layer of elastomer or plastic is interposed between each fabric layer and the adjacent layer of cords and the ratio between the thickness of each layer of elastomer or plastic and the diameter of one cord is smaller than 0.166 and the ratio between the distance between two adjacent cords, measured between their axes, and the diameter of one cord is from 1.5 to 6, so as to obtain an optimum flexibility and fatigue resistance.
Abstract:
An improved combination of a belt and connecting means for the belt for securing accessory attachments thereto. The belt includes a body of flexible resilient material having one or more grooves of arcuate configuration extending into and across one surface of the belt. The connecting means includes a connector member extending through and projecting beyond the portion of the belt adjacent the arcuate surface of the groove and a bearing member attached to one end of the connector member. The bearing member engages the groove and has an arcuate portion substantially conforming to at least a portion of the arcuate surface of the groove to provide for a substantially uniform distribution of stresses over the arcuate surface of the groove as the belt flexes during use. Accessory elements such as cutting blades, rake fingers, pick-up hooks and the like may be attached to the connector member to be carried by the belt as it travels around spaced pulleys.
Abstract:
A conveyor includes a first elongated support which is movably coupled to a support structure, and a second elongated support which is supported by the first support. A conveyor belt, engaged with the first support, the second support, and a motor, tends to extend or retract the second support with respect to the first support depending on the sense of rotation imparted to the belt by the motor. However, brake means connected between the first and second supports continuously create a frictional force which prevents relative motion between the first and second supports due to the action of the free running belt. The second support includes means for directly trapping the moving belt, thereby causing the belt to apply a force between the first and second supports which overcomes the frictional force provided by the brake means and creates relative motion between the first and second supports.