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US 11,027,924 B2Granted
Device for moving endless conveyor chains
OwnerAlexei Igorevich Makhalininventor
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Abstract
In the present device for moving endless conveyor chains, link conveyor chains are moved within C-shaped guides. Mounted in breaks in the guides is a chain actuating mechanism configured as two parallel chain drives. As the conveyor chains move, their rollers are engaged by grips disposed on the chain drives. The invention makes it possible to create a compact device for smoothly and evenly moving endless conveyor chains in different planes.
Claims9
A device for moving endless conveyor chains, including conveyor chains made in a form of links connected to at least one engine and at least one drive with a drive sprocket,
- characterized in that:
- each conveyor chain is made in the form of interconnected links, where an estimated number of link connections is equipped with rollers, dowels of which are elongated on one side,
- while a guide is made in a form of a rigid C-shaped section profile, tightly covering the conveyor chain and located in such a way that elongated roller dowel parts protrude from a C-shaped profile opening, and guide bends can be made in different planes, and the guides themselves are always made identically shaped and are mirrored in relation to each other in such a way that the elongated roller dowel parts of each rail are directed towards each other and synchronized relative to each other,
- with each guide being made with a gap for mounting the drive,
- while the drive itself is made in a form of a drive chain mechanism, which is fixed on a base and made in a form of two unconnected chain transmissions whose gears are located parallel to each other and rotate in different directions relative to each other,
- while the chain gears are driven by at least two drive sprockets engaged with their pair and chain sprockets,
- an inner part of each chain gear being guided via a rack having a U-shaped cross-section, the rack being fixed to the base and turned with its open part inward,
- an outer part of each chain gear is equipped with at least one chain tensioner,
- while the chain of each chain gear is provided with an estimated number of grips located at an equal distance from each other,
- each grip of each chain is synchronized relative to each grip of another chain,
- wherein a distance between the grips equals a distance between rollers of the conveyor chain, and
- wherein the grips are capable of bilateral gripping and rollers moving.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.