Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor section – Endless conveyor
Patent
1992-04-02
1994-07-12
Gastineau, Cheryl L.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor section
Endless conveyor
198845, B65G 2306
Patent
active
053280229
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention refers to equipment which can resolve the problems inherent in moving heavy loads on predetermined lines or routes, above all in environments which are not easily accessible and/or in places where for geometric or other reasons, there is no traditional equipment for moving heavy loads such as roller tracks, cranes, gantry cranes, platforms, etc.
In particular, the equipment in question allows the loading of loads with a specific pressure of up to 100,000 kg/m.sup.2 with contained vertical and transversal dimensions and is able to ensure a perfectly level and linear transport since the load is always positioned on the same unitary elements which provide for the movement of the load. This equipment is suited for use in steelworks, quarries, foundries, automatic warehouses with heavy weights, as well as for all those applications which require a high specific pressure such as compactors, etc.
The system described below therefore develops a solution to the problem of continuously moving loads with a specific pressure of up to 100,000 kg/m.sup.2 in environments and sites which are not easily accessible and/or which either do not have available or cannot house other means of transport whatever they may be.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
There is shown in FIG. 1 a presently preferred embodiment of the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The main components of the equipment, whose description and working is given below, are shown in FIG. 1. More specifically: on the loading plane 9. This plane consists of a series of unitary elements 1, all equal to each other, adjacent to each other and hinged to each other by means of the linking hinge 4 and fitted with moving wheels 2.
The mutual interaction between these elements 1 on the contact surface 3, allows the balance of the unitary element 1 with the load perfectly horizontal on the loading plane 9. The dimensions of the unitary elements 1 are in any case such as to sustain and move the specific loads of up to 100,000 kg/m.sup.2.
The linking and moving mechanism, comprising the cog-wheels 6 and 8, as well as the linking hinges 4 for the unitary elements 1 allows, by means of the slotting of the wheels 2 (as indicated by the numeral 12 on several of the wheels) in the spaces of the wheels' teeth 6 and 8, the movement of the unitary elements 1. structure, constituted by the elements 2-5-7 and the fixed structure 10, guarantees the support of the mobile walls 1-2-4 and the heavy load on the loading plane 9 without notable deformation of the whole structure.
When the entire structure moves, the unitary elements 1, linked to each other by the link hinges 4, are unable to rotate one against the other during straight horizontal movement due to the mutual interaction due to interaction between surfaces 3, while, on the other hand, they are able to rotate, with an opposing direction of rotation and momentary center of rotation which coincides with the axis of the link hinge 4 so as to "open" the loading plane 9 during the rotation of the cog-wheels 6 and 8 in whose opening the wheels 2 of the unitary elements 1 themselves are inserted.
TYPOLOGY OF THE OVERALL UNIT
The equipment is mainly constructed from steel and is installed, in the standard model, in a special metal structure which is robust and reliable, with all the working equipment, alarm and safety devices.
The description above does not indicate in detail the motor mechanisms as well as the auxiliary functional items such as the ways, joints, transmission, etc., since they are considered of no relevance and secondary for the purpose of describing the functioning of the equipment which is the subject of the present invention.
It is obvious that the invention is not limited to the form of execution described and illustrated, but that numerous variations and further improvements can be made without deviating from the basic framework of the invention.
LIST OF THE MAIN COMPONENTS
1. Equipment for the continuous movement of heavy loads comprising a
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