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US 12,358,731 B2Granted
Feeder
AssigneeSpringer Maschinenfabrik GmbH
InventorClemens Frisch
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Abstract
A feeder for feeding sawn wood pieces from an accumulating conveyor to a drag conveyor. The feeder includes at least one wheel having an axis of rotation and at least one control device and at least one first clamping element and at least one second clamping element are fastened to the wheel. The feeder is designed to clamp a sawn wood piece in place in a conveying region between the first and the second clamping element during a rotation of the wheel and to transport it in a clamped state along the conveying region. The control device is designed to control the first clamping element independently of the second clamping element.
Claims19
A feeder for feeding sawn wood pieces from an accumulating conveyor to a drag conveyor, comprising:
- at least one wheel with an axis of rotation;
- and
- at least one control device;
- wherein a plurality of first clamping elements and a plurality of second clamping elements are fastened to the wheel;
- wherein the feeder is designed to clamp a sawn wood piece in place in a conveying region between the first and the second clamping element when the wheel rotates and to transport it in a clamped state along the conveying region;
- wherein the control device is designed to control the first clamping element independently of the second clamping element;
- wherein the control device comprises a first guide with a first guideway and wherein the first clamping element for clamping the sawn wood piece in place in the conveying region is guided on the first guideway in a first rotation range of the wheel;
- and
- wherein the control device comprises a second guide with a second guideway and that the second clamping element for clamping the sawn wood piece in place in the conveying region is guided on the second guideway in a second rotation range of the wheel;
- wherein the control device comprises a control unit for controlling the orientation and the position of the first and the second guideways;
- and
- wherein the first clamping elements are each guided on the first guideway in the first rotation range of the wheel and the second clamping elements are each guided on the second guideway in the second rotation range of the wheel.
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A feeding system comprising:
- an accumulating conveyor;
- a drag conveyor;
- and
- a feeder arranged between the accumulating conveyor and the drag conveyor, the feeder configured to transport a sawn wood piece from the accumulating conveyor to the drag conveyor, the feeder comprising:
- at least one wheel with an axis of rotation;
- and
- at least one control device;
- wherein a plurality of first clamping elements and a plurality of second clamping elements are fastened to the wheel;
- wherein the feeder is designed to clamp a sawn wood piece in place in a conveying region between the first and the second clamping element when the wheel rotates and to transport it in a clamped state along the conveying region;
- wherein the control device is designed to control the first clamping element independently of the second clamping element;
- wherein the control device comprises a first guide with a first guideway and wherein the first clamping element for clamping the sawn wood piece in place in the conveying region is guided on the first guideway in a first rotation range of the wheel;
- and
- wherein the control device comprises a second guide with a second guideway and that the second clamping element for clamping the sawn wood piece in place in the conveying region is guided on the second guideway in a second rotation range of the wheel;
- wherein the control device comprises a control unit for controlling the orientation and the position of the first and the second guideways;
- and
- wherein the first clamping elements are each guided on the first guideway in the first rotation range of the wheel and the second clamping elements are each guided on the second guideway in the second rotation range of the wheel.
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A method for feeding sawn wood pieces from an accumulating conveyor to a drag conveyor with a feeder, comprising:
- providing the feeder, the feeder comprising at least one wheel with an axis of rotation and at least one control device, a plurality of first clamping elements and a plurality of second clamping elements being fastened to the wheel;
- wherein, when the wheel rotates, a sawn wood piece is clamped in a pick-up region of a conveying region between the first clamping element and the second clamping element and is transported in a clamped state along the conveying region;
- wherein the first clamping element is controlled independently of the second clamping element by the control device, wherein the control device comprises a first guide with a first guideway;
- wherein the first clamping element for clamping the sawn wood piece in the conveying region in a first rotation range of the wheel is guided on the first guideway;
- wherein the control device comprises a second guide with a second guideway and that the second clamping element for clamping the sawn wood piece in the conveying region is guided on the second guideway in a second rotation range of the wheel;
- wherein the orientation and position of the first and second guideways are controlled by means of a control unit of the control device;
- and
- wherein the first clamping elements are each guided on the first guideway in the first rotation range of the wheel and the second clamping elements are each guided on the second guideway in the second rotation range of the wheel.
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