Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor section – Endless conveyor
Patent
1986-05-16
1987-09-29
Schmidt, Frederick R.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor section
Endless conveyor
271182, 144246A, 144246E, 144247, 493125, 493144, 493181, 493182, B65G 3918
Patent
active
046963928
ABSTRACT:
An anti-toggling, constant-contact cage roll assembly is provided for movement of corrugated box blanks along a belt. In one embodiment, the cage roll assembly includes a series of four rollers that are mounted to a bar spring-biased away from a frame, in which the bar is pivotally mounted at each end to an associated lever arm, each of which is in turn pivotally mounted to the frame to form a modified four-bar linkage, with a compliant mount for one lever arm, the mount for the other lever arm being fixed to the frame to permit limited canting of the roller-carrying bar to accommodate multiple folded layers of corrugated material. The subject cage roll assembly prevents the prior art type of toggling of pairs of rollers into an almost vertical position as the box blank moves between the rollers and the belt and thus prevents jamming. In one embodiment, each of the lever arms carries an adjustable stop at the free end for positioning the bar above the belt which carries the box blank. In another embodiment, compliant rollers are used to aid in constant contact with the box blank. In a further embodiment, lateral flanges prevent flying debris from jamming in between rollers.
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Schmidt Frederick R.
Specialty Equipment Corporation
Tendler Robert K.
Terrell William E.
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