Conveyors – chutes – skids – guides – and ways – Chutes – Horizontal swing
Patent
1980-09-11
1983-01-25
Love, John J.
Conveyors, chutes, skids, guides, and ways
Chutes
Horizontal swing
B65G 1112
Patent
active
043698700
ABSTRACT:
An automatic grain distributor for interfacing between a grain elevator discharge fitting and a plurality of remote delivery locations includes a grain distributor housing which is coupled by a grain inlet to the elevator discharging fitting and an inner spout which is disposed within the grain distributor housing and couples the grain inlet to a selected one of the grain delivery apertures. Movement of this inner spout from one grain delivery aperture to another grain delivery aperture is accomplished by means of an electromechanical mechanism which includes an eccentric plate and follower as well as a geneva-style mechanism. A gearmotor and clutch arrangement are coupled to the eccentric plate so as to provide a single revolution to the plate with each energizing command to the motor. As the eccentric plate makes a single revolution, it drives a follower which raises the inner spout to a slightly elevated position above its corresponding grain delivery aperture. While in this raised position, the geneva-style mechanism then comes into operation and indexes the raised inner spout to the next (adjacent) grain delivery aperture. As operation of the geneva-style mechanism terminates, the eccentric plate and its follower move back into their original position thereby allowing the raised inner spout to be lowered over this adjacent grain delivery aperture.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3585017 (1971-06-01), Trudeau
patent: 3827312 (1974-08-01), Bristol
patent: 4159053 (1979-06-01), Taylor
Bryant-Poff, Inc.
Church Gene A.
Love John J.
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