Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Apparatus – With work feeding and/or discharging means
Patent
1979-08-16
1980-08-19
Bleutge, Robert L.
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Apparatus
With work feeding and/or discharging means
134141, 134164, B08B 304
Patent
active
042179181
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed to an apparatus for moving articles in a continuous manner through a fluid bath. The apparatus comprises: a trough for holding said fluid bath, having an article feeding area and an article dispensing area; a ratchet conveyor having ratchet surfaces consisting of a plurality of ratchet floors and ratchet walls arranged in a stepwise fashion along a baseline, said ratchet conveyor being located at least partially within said trough such that the lower end of said ratchet conveyor is in said trough article feeding area and the higher end of said ratchet conveyor is in said trough article dispensing area; suspension structure connected to said ratchet conveyor so as to permit movement of said ratchet conveyor cyclically through an arc; and drive structure connected to said ratchet conveyor in a manner so as to cyclically traverse said ratchet conveyor from its initial position forwardly and upwardly through an arc, and so as to abruptly return said ratchet conveyor to its initial position to thereby cause articles on the ratchet conveyor to move successively forward thereon in a stepwise fashion, said initial position having an angle of no less than about 25.degree. from the vertical, said arc which is traversed having an angle of no greater than about 35.degree. and said arc which is traversed having a length adequate to move said ratchet conveyor a distance which is at least 11/8 times the length of a ratchet floor.
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Faunce Stuart F.
Faust Elbert R.
Bleutge Robert L.
Faunce and Associates, Inc.
Glynn Kenneth P.
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