Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor system for moving a specific load as a separate unit – System includes gate means
Patent
1991-07-15
1992-06-09
Valenza, Joseph E.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor system for moving a specific load as a separate unit
System includes gate means
1984636, 4147462, 4147464, B65G 2500
Patent
active
051199300
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for sorting and separating logs allows logs to be fed individually for further processing. The log sorter has a rotating quadrant which is covered and has no gaps or apertures that allows logs or branches to become jammed. Furthermore, the rotating quadrant raises the logs above a first holding location. The apparatus includes a movable quadrant with a shelf at a top edge to support at least one log, the movable quadrant moves a log up to a second holding position over a fixed quadrant having radial fins extending through slots in the shelf of the movable quadrant so the fins push a log to the outside of the shelf as the movable quadrant raises it. A transfer feeder comprising a series of rotatable discs with aligned notches, transfers a log from the second holding position to an exit.
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Nguyen Tuan N.
Valenza Joseph E.
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