Back to results
US 12,546,382 B2Granted
Automatic adjustment and monitoring of a belt drive
AssigneeManuel Lindner
InventorsManuel Lindner, Fabian Pfeifer
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The invention relates to a belt-tensioning device comprising a tensioning device for generating a force for tensioning a belt in a belt drive; a measuring device for measuring a belt tension or a measurement variable corresponding to the belt tension; and an adjustment device for adjusting the force generated by the tensioning device based on signals of the measuring device.
Claims20
A comminuting device for comminuting waste comprising:
- a motor comprising a driving pulley, the motor being rotatably mounted or mounted on a plate slidably mounted on a pair of guide elements so that the motor is rotatable about a first fixed axis or slidable along a second fixed axis, wherein the guide elements comprise a vertical member and a horizontally extending flange and wherein the plate comprises a pair of C-shaped members each defining a recess structured to receive a flange of a guide member so as to retain the plate on the guide elements;
- a belt;
- a driven pulley, wherein the driving pulley is provided to drive the driven pulley with the belt;
- a belt-tensioning device, the belt-tensioning device comprising:
- a tensioning device for generating a force for tensioning the belt;
- a measuring device for measuring a belt tension or a measurement variable corresponding to the belt tension;
- and
- an adjustment device for adjusting the force generated by the tensioning device based on signals of the measuring device, wherein adjusting the force generated by the tensioning device comprises rotating the motor about the first fixed axis or sliding the motor along the second fixed axis to change a distance between an axis of rotation of the driving pulley and an axis of rotation of the driven pulley for tensioning the belt, wherein sliding the motor comprises sliding the C-shaped members of the plate along the flanges of the guide elements.
5 more elements
A method for adjusting a belt tension of a belt in a belt drive in a comminuting device for comminuting waste, comprising:
- providing a motor comprising a driving pulley, the motor being rotatably mounted or mounted on a plate slidably mounted on a pair of guide elements so that the motor is rotatable about a first fixed axis or slidable along a second fixed axis, wherein the guide elements comprise a vertical member and a horizontally extending flange and wherein the plate comprises a pair of C-shaped members each defining a recess structured to receive a flange of a guide member so as to retain the plate on the guide elements;
- providing a driven pulley, wherein the driving pulley is provided to drive the driven pulley with the belt;
- generating a force for tensioning the belt, wherein the force acts between an axis of rotation of the driving pulley and an axis of rotation of the driven pulley, thereby adjusting a distance between the axes of rotation;
- measuring a belt tension or a measurement variable corresponding to the belt tension with a measuring device;
- and
- adjusting the force based on signals from the measuring device, wherein adjusting the force generated by the tensioning device comprises rotating the motor about the first fixed axis or sliding the motor along the second fixed axis to change the distance between the axis of rotation of the driving pulley and the axis of rotation of the driven pulley for tensioning the belt, wherein sliding the motor comprises sliding the C-shaped members of the plate along the flanges of the guide elements.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.