Rotary log singulator

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1988-08-19

1990-06-05

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system for moving a specific load as a separate unit

System includes gate means

4147464, 221251, B65G 3700

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049306162

ABSTRACT:
A rotary log singulator for singulating logs received from an intake station to a downstream discharge station. The apparatus includes at least two longitudinally displaced rotating drums and at least one lifting and separating bar located adjacent to and upstream of the drums. The rotating drums have two perimeter portions defined by two chord stretches joined at an outwardly facing obtuse angle. Logs received by the drums are supported and rotationally transferred within the perimeter portions defined by the chord stretches. The lifting and separating bars are driven by a shaft connected to or synchronized with the shaft which drives the rotating drums and are displaced vertically up and down as the rotating drums rotate. The timing cycle between the lifting and separating bars and rotating drums is such that when the first chord stretch of the perimeter portions of the drums is transverse to the lifting and separating bar, the lifting and separating the bar is in a lower position allowing a log to rest on the chord stretches of the drum. As the drum rotates the log toward the discharge station, the lifting and separating bars move vertically upward to separate the downstream log from other upstream logs and advance the downstream log onto the next perimeter portion of the drum if the center of gravity of the log is downstream of the separating surface of the lifting bar. As the lifting bars move upward, they also serve as a barrier to prevent other upstream logs from reaching the drum, thereby singulating logs. In a preferred embodiment, the lifting and separating bars are horizontally adjustable to enable the apparatus to effectively singulate a wide range of log diameter sizes.

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patent: 3835978 (1974-09-01), Hartzell et al.
patent: 4298141 (1981-11-01), Ramunas
patent: 4596326 (1986-06-01), Yautz

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