Transport system

Details Transport system Transport system

1981-06-29

1983-11-01

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

With means to facilitate working, treating, or inspecting...

Condition responsive control of conveyor or station apparatus

B65G 4300

Patent

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044126093

ABSTRACT:
A transport system for transporting fixtures adapted to hold a workpiece sequentially from a fixture transferor station to a fixture transferee station. A fixture guide rail interconnects the two stations and is provided with a chain guide recess that extends from one station to the other. A continuous plastic timing chain cable is mounted on a plurality of sprockets so that the chain can be made to rotate. The sprockets are positioned so that the timing chain is positioned in the chain guide recess. Drive pins are mounted in selected ones of the links of the chain so that the pins will project from one side of the chain. The drive pins initially contact a fixture positioned in the transferee station and move each fixture, in turn, along the guide rails to the transferee station. A drive motor is connected to one of the sprockets to cause the sprocket to move the chain. The distance between drive pins is substantially constant and greater than the corresponding dimension of the fixtures being transported. Control means are provided for controllnig the energization of the motor and thus the movement of the chain and fixtures transported by the drive pins.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3513990 (1970-05-01), Wolle
patent: 3537633 (1970-11-01), Hoff

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