公开(公告)号：US5632372A

公开(公告)日：1997-05-27

申请号：US576074

申请日：1995-12-21

申请人： Herman J. Steinbuchel, IV ,  Steven Brown

发明人： Herman J. Steinbuchel, IV ,  Steven Brown

IPC分类号： B65G23/44

CPC分类号： B65G23/44

摘要： A conveyor tensioning assembly for an article conveyor is mounted to the frame of the article conveyor, and connected to a take-up sprocket. The conveyor tensioning assembly includes a movable rack that is engaged and moved by an advancing gear of an advancing and holding assembly in a first direction, causing the take-up sprocket of the article conveyor to be urged outwardly against the conveyor chain of the article conveyor so as to take-up any slack existing within the conveyor chain and place the conveyor chain under tension. Once the conveyor chain has been tensioned, the rack is engaged by a holding gear mounted on a one-way clutch, which prevents the holding gear from rotating in a counter-clockwise direction. The holding gear retards in any rearward movement of the rack so as to resist slippage and/or backlash of the rack to prevent the chain from losing tension and slack being formed therein to maintain the conveyor chain under a substantially constant tension.

摘要翻译： 用于物品输送机的输送机张紧组件安装在物品输送机的框架上，并连接到卷取链轮。 输送机张紧组件包括可移动的齿条，其通过前进和保持组件的前进齿轮沿第一方向接合和移动，使得物品输送机的卷取链轮向外压靠在物品输送机的输送链上 以便吸收输送链中存在的任何松弛物并将输送链置于张力之下。 一旦输送链已被张紧，齿条由安装在单向离合器上的保持齿轮啮合，这防止夹持齿轮沿逆时针方向旋转。 保持齿轮在机架的任何向后运动中延迟，以防止齿条的滑动和/或齿隙，以防止链条形成在其中形成张力和松弛，从而将传送链保持在基本恒定的张力下。

公开(公告)号：US5638659A

公开(公告)日：1997-06-17

申请号：US577188

申请日：1995-12-22

申请人： Frank N. Moncrief ,  Herman J. Steinbuchel, IV ,  Steven Brown

发明人： Frank N. Moncrief ,  Herman J. Steinbuchel, IV ,  Steven Brown

IPC分类号： B65B35/44 ,  B65B59/02 ,  B65B35/30

CPC分类号： B65G19/265 ,  B65B35/44 ,  B65B59/02

摘要： A packaging machine (5) for moving a spaced series of groups of containers along a path of travel in a packaging machine line is disclosed. The packaging machine includes a variable pitch lugged conveyor belt assembly (12) having a pair of conveyor chains (61, 62) equally spaced from a longitudinal axis extending along the path of travel, and a pair of generally parallel side guides (17) mounted one each on a pair of accessory rails (14) movably supported on the framework (7) of the packaging machine, and extending along opposite sides of the path of travel. The conveyor chains are constructed to be moved laterally toward and away from each other, and the side guides are constructed to be simultaneously moved laterally toward and away from the conveyors with the accessory rails, respectively, as the conveyor chains are moved. Each conveyor chain includes a spaced series of pop-up lug assemblies (63) in which a pop-up lug (92) of each assembly can be individually selected for reciprocal movement from a lowered position flush with respect to the surface of the conveyor chain into a raised position extended above and with respect to the surface of the conveyor chain for varying the pitch of the pop-up lugs along the length of the conveyor chains. Each conveyor chain also includes a plurality of modular table-top lugs (65) which are constructed to be yieldably urged into position on an endless chain (84).

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于沿着包装机线中的行进路径移动间隔开的一组容器的包装机（5）。 包装机包括一个可变节距悬挂的传送带组件（12），该传送带组件（12）具有一对与沿行进路径延伸的纵向轴线等距间隔的传送链（61,62），以及一对大致平行的侧面引导件 一对可移动地支撑在包装机的框架（7）上并沿行进路径的相对侧延伸的一对附件轨道（14）。 输送链被构造成横向和远离彼此移动，并且侧引导件被构造成当输送链移动时分别与附件轨横向移动并远离输送机。 每个输送链包括间隔开的一系列弹起突出组件（63），每个组件的弹出凸耳（92）可以单独选择，以便从相对于传送链的表面齐平的下降位置往复运动 进入到输送链表面上方并相对于输送链的表面延伸的升高位置，以沿着输送链的长度改变弹出凸耳的间距。 每个传送链还包括多个模块化的台面突起（65），其被构造成可屈服地被推动到环形链（84）上的位置。

公开(公告)号：US5538365A

公开(公告)日：1996-07-23

申请号：US199945

申请日：1994-02-22

申请人： Albert D. Seim, II ,  Herman J. Steinbuchel, IV ,  Clive W. Watson

发明人： Albert D. Seim, II ,  Herman J. Steinbuchel, IV ,  Clive W. Watson

IPC分类号： A24C5/47 ,  A24C5/32 ,  B65G51/02 ,  B65G53/66

CPC分类号： A24C5/323

摘要： In a pneumatic filter rod conveying system a vent (12) is in the line (10) close to the distributor (2). This enables a relatively high pressure gradient to be established, with resultant high filter transfer rates at the distributor, without having excessively high pressures in the distributor and/or higher than necessary line transmission speeds. Also, there may be a selectable pressure switch (40) for reducing air pressure at the distributor when there are fewer than normal filters in the line, e.g., at the end of a run: this also allows avoidance of undesirably high line transmission speeds.

摘要翻译： 在气动过滤杆输送系统中，排气口（12）位于靠近分配器（2）的管线（10）中。 这使得能够建立相对高的压力梯度，从而在分配器处产生高的过滤器传送速率，而不会在分配器中具有过高的压力和/或高于必需的线路传输速度。 此外，例如在运行结束时，可能存在一个用于减小分配器空气压力的可选择的压力开关（40），例如在通常的过滤器中，这样可以避免不期望的高的线路传输速度。