Abstract:
A device for transporting materials along supporting rollers including a conveyor belt extending in a longitudinal direction. The device has two spaced longitudinal edges and a tensile fabric layer embedded within the conveyor belt made of a textile, a cord fabric or a synthetic cord fabric. The supports extend in the longitudinal direction, and the conveyor belt is adapted for being rolled into a tubular belt, wherein the two longitudinal edges overlap each other and are supported by the supporting rollers. Stiff textile reinforcements are embedded within the conveyor belt on a side of the fabric layer facing the support rollers. The textile reinforcements are oriented transverse to the longitudinal direction.
Abstract:
A conveyor (101) to minimize spillage in which the forward run (108) is located below the return run (107) and arranged so that any carry back material dislodged from the return run (107) drops onto the forward run (108).
Abstract:
For preparing a string cheese, curd grains are introduced into a conveyor compartment suitable for statically containing and statically draining the grains while transporting the grains for a time for draining, syneresis and forming of the grains into a pre-cheese loaf.
Abstract:
Proposed is a bucket mechanism, particularly a ship unloader, which includes at least one rotating traction member with receiving elements fastened thereto. The receiving elements are formed of a stiff supporting member, with an elastically yielding material receiving region disposed therebelow which is preferably composed of an elastically deformable supporting frame of steel leaf springs and a rubber bucket inserted therein.
Abstract:
A conveyor installation includes an endless belt wound around head and tail pulleys which extends between an impact station wherein material is placed on the belt and a drop off zone wherein the material is removed from the belt. Shock absorbers are disposed beneath the belt at the impact station to dissipate energy imparted on the belt by the material. In one embodiment, the belt is formed of flexible, textile reinforced material and the shock absorbers are in the form of a plurality of rectangular elements having a generally planar upper surface for supporting substantially the entire undersurface of the belt in the impact station. In another embodiment, the belt is formed of rigid steel reinforced material and the shock absorbers are in the form of a plurality of closely spaced rollers. In both embodiments, downstream of the impact station are located idler rollers for supporting the belt at spaced locations. The idler rollers are mounted on a support frame via shock absorbing elements in the form of rings. Each of the shock absorbing elements is formed of elastomeric material and has at least one passage formed therein and configured so that the body wall surrounding the passage is generally K-shaped in section and functions as a buckling element.
Abstract:
An adjusting device for aligning a drive pulley for an elevator leg or similar belt conveyor. The driving mechanism, normally perpendicular to the axis of the pulley, is pivotally mounted so that the drive shaft may be slightly tilted. The bearing block opposite the driven part of the shaft is mounted on shims to allow the movement of the axis of the shaft.
Abstract:
A splice assembly is provided for connecting together a pair of belt ends by a plurality of short lengths of cable in a manner which allows for troughing of the belt across its width at the connected belt ends. The lengths of cable engage at one of their ends to a first belt end, and engage at their other end to a second belt end, whereby the cables bear a tensile load along their axis. Belt fasteners having slots for engageably receiving the ends of the cables are affixed to both of the first and second belt ends to be joined along the entire width of the belt ends. There is a small gap between adjacent belt fasteners which allows for flexion of the belt thereat to allow for the aforementioned troughing of the belt. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the cable ends engage with respective belt fasteners in a manner which prevents movement of the cable ends relative to the belt fasteners during operation of the belt. A cable splice is provided in which a support slab, which protects the cables against abrasion or being snagged and which also maintains a plurality of cables in spaced, generally parallel relation to allow a group of cables to be picked up together and inserted into slots in the belt fasteners together. The opposite ends of the support slab, from which the ends of the cables protrude, are shaped and positioned such as being curved inwardly to accommodate the leading end of the belt fasteners at which the cable engages therewith, to shield this region from particulate sifting. The slots in the belt fasteners are preferably positioned on the underside of the belt fasteners to further minimize particulate sifting.
Abstract:
A conveyor belt has edges with longitudinally extending profiles formed as grooves or elevations for sealing and guiding. An apparatus for producing belts with profiled edges uses a cutting device and profiled molds to form profiles in the belt and its edge while the belt is guided and supported by rolls. The apparatus further includes a cutter which forms a groove in the conveyor belt and which allows lateral guiding of the bolt in relation to the mold.
Abstract:
A method for deploying a belt on a large conveyor belt system which extends down slope. A run of the belt is positioned at an upper position along the slope, and is engaged with a controllable brake which is configured to permit selective adjustment of the braking force which is exerted thereby on the belt. The belt is then lowered along the conveyor belt system using the weight of the run, and the rate at which the run of belt advances is controlled by selectively adjusting the braking force which is exerted by the controllable brake. The runs of belt may be lowered from adjacent high points in the conveyor belt system and spliced together where these meet in the valleys between the high points. The controllable brake assembly may be made up of a plate which extends across the belt and an inflatable bladder which is positioned on top of the plate and beneath its support, so that as fluid pressure is selectively added to the inflatable bladder, this biases the plate against the belt so as to control the braking force which is exerted by the plate against the belt.
Abstract:
A vertical lift conveyor has two adjacent, parallel conveyors for simultaneous upward movement of adjacent surfaces of the parallel conveyors, with one of the conveyors having spaced apart flites attached thereto, for transporting bulk food items along a multi-level transport path. The conveyors rotate in opposite directions, but are geared to run from a single gear box to insure equal belt velocity. One of the conveyors is pivotally hinged to the other conveyor for swinging the pivotally attached conveyor away from the remaining conveyor for access to the facing surfaces of the parallel conveyors.