Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor section – Reciprocating conveying surface
Patent
1992-02-05
1992-11-24
Valenza, Joseph E.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor section
Reciprocating conveying surface
4145251, B65G 2500
Patent
active
051655241
ABSTRACT:
A lightweight reciprocating floor conveyor characterized by a plurality of elongated floor members which are divided into sets and groups. Each set comprises at least two floor members in a common order and each group comprises one member from each set. The groups extend side-by-side across the conveyor. The floor members are supported on a conveyor frame, each for longitudinal back and forth movement, and a drive mechanism is provided for the floor members. Separate linear hydraulic drive motors are provided for each set of floor members. Each drive motor has a stationary portion and a movable portion, the stationary portion being connected to a stationary frame member and the movable portion being connected to a floor member of its set. A plurality of transverse drive beams are provided, one for each set of floor members. The drive beams are spaced longitudinally of the conveyor from the motors. All of the floor members of each set are connected to the drive beam for the set. Operation of each drive motor exerts a drive force onto a particular floor member to which the drive motor is connected. This floor member will function as a longitudinal drive beam and will transmit the drive force to the tranverse drive beam. Each transverse drive beam will in turn transmit the drive forces to other floor members of its set.
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Barnard Delbert J.
Bellamy Glenn D.
Valenza Joseph E.
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