Electric cam diverter
AssigneeGeo. M. Martin Company
InventorsDaniel J. Talken, Charles D. Rizzuti
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Abstract
A diverting system is proposed for diverting boxes from normal production flow. One embodiment comprises a diverter with a diverter surface, a diverter cam in contact with the diverter, a diverter cam shaft connected to the top diverter cam such that rotation of the diverter cam shaft causes rotation of the diverter cam, and an electric motor connected to the diverter cam shaft and configured to rotate the diverter cam shaft. The diverter cam is configured to control position of the diverter as the diverter cam rotates such that rotation of the diverter cam causes the diverter surface to move from a position above normal production flow to a diverting position within the normal production flow.
Claims20
A static type diverter apparatus comprising:
- a diverter with a diverter surface;
- a diverter cam in contact with the diverter, the diverter cam having a diverter cam angle representing angle of rotation of the diverter cam, the diverter cam is configured to control position of the diverter as the diverter cam rotates such that rotation of the diverter cam causes the diverter surface to move from a position outside of normal production flow to a diverting position within the normal production flow;
- a diverter cam shaft connected to the diverter cam, rotation of the diverter cam shaft causes rotation of the diverter cam;
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- an electric motor connected to the diverter cam shaft and configured to rotate the diverter cam shaft.
A static type diverter apparatus comprising:
- a top diverter with a top diverter surface;
- a top diverter cam in contact with the top diverter, the top diverter cam having a top diverter cam angle representing angle of rotation of the top diverter cam, the top diverter cam is configured to control position of the top diverter as the top diverter cam rotates such that rotation of the top diverter cam causes the top diverter surface to move from a position outside normal production flow to a diverting position within the normal production flow;
- a top diverter cam shaft connected to the top diverter cam, rotation of the top diverter cam shaft causes rotation of the top diverter cam;
- a top electric motor connected to the top diverter cam shaft and configured to rotate the top diverter cam shaft;
- a bottom diverter with a bottom diverter surface;
- a bottom diverter cam in contact with the bottom diverter, the bottom diverter cam having a bottom diverter cam angle representing angle of rotation of the bottom diverter cam, the bottom diverter cam is configured to control position of the bottom diverter as the bottom diverter cam rotates such that rotation of the bottom diverter cam causes the bottom diverter surface to move from a position outside normal production flow to a diverting position within the normal production flow;
- a bottom diverter cam shaft connected to the bottom diverter cam, rotation of the bottom diverter cam shaft causes rotation of the bottom diverter cam;
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- a bottom electric motor connected to the bottom diverter cam shaft and configured to rotate the bottom diverter cam shaft, the top diverter surface and the bottom diverter surface configured to create a funnel either allowing normal production flow or diverting items away from normal production flow.
An apparatus comprising:
- a lower board conveyor;
- an upper board conveyor;
- an adjustable nip between the lower board conveyor and the upper board conveyor;
- an upper clam shell frame which move about a pivot relative to the lower board conveyor in a clam shell motion;
- a set of four bar linkages connecting the upper board conveyor to the upper clam shell frame;
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- an actuator providing position control from the lower board conveyor to the upper board conveyor, restrictions on the motion of the upper board conveyor such that after a finite amount of nip adjustment without motion of the upper clam shell frame the actuation system will affect the pivoting motion of the of the upper clam shell frame creating the clam shell motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.