Device for the propulsion of an oloid shaped tumbler body

Abstract

An oloid-shaped body is placed on either a roller carpet or a free moving conveyor belt. The embodiments of the oloid-shaped body are a hollow body with a closeable opening and a skeleton body for attachment of vessels. A shaft is attached to the oloid-shaped body and has the position and direction of the longitudinal axis of the oloid-shaped body. A hollow shaft allows access to the oloid-shaped body during movement. A frame is positioned on either side of the conveyor belt, with a plurality of spring attachments connecting an oval guiding rail to each of the frames. A carriage runs around each of the guiding rails and guides an end of the shaft in an oval path. Drive units have drive chains which run around a path in each of the guiding rails and attaches to each of the carriages. In this manner, the drive units cause the carriages to move the shaft, thereby causing the oloid-shaped body to tumble in a stationary manner. A controlled power supply drives the drive units according to a position speed profile stored therein. An alternative to using the combination of using the guiding rails, carriages, and drives is the use of vertical and horizontal slides, each driven by a controlled drive so as to cause the shaft ends to rotate in the same rotational path, but in different directions.

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