Endless belt coveyor unit for a stamping press
AssigneePax Products, Inc.
InventorsFrancis J. Pax, Steven J. Pax
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Abstract
An elongated low profile sheet metal tray has a bottom panel adapted to seat on the bolster plate of a stamping press under a die set. The panel supports adjacent upper and lower runs of an endless belt directed around guide rollers and a drive roller supported by cast support members removably connected to opposite ends of the tray. A motor and gear reducer unit is mounted on one support member and drives the belt drive roller, and the sheet metal tray has opposite integral side rails forming inclined surfaces and channel portions enclosing opposite edge portions of the belt. A sheet of plastics material extends between the bottom panel and the bottom run of the belt, and a detector senses belt stoppage for stopping the motor and stamping press.
Claims18
A conveyor unit adapted for removing parts and/or scrap from a stamping press, comprising an elongated tray including a bottom panel and longitudinally extending side rails, an endless flexible belt having opposite edge portions and an upper run and a lower run extending above said bottom panel, a set of belt engaging rollers supported for rotation by support members connected to opposite ends of said tray and positioned for directing both of said runs of said belt in close proximity to each other and in close proximity to said bottom panel of said tray for substantially minimizing the combined thickness of said conveyor runs and said trays, said side rails of said tray extending around and confining said edge portions of said upper and lower runs, a drive unit mounted on one of said support members for driving one of said rollers, and the assembled said belt, tray, support members, rollers and drive unit providing for convenient installation and use of said conveyor unit.
A conveyor unit adapted for removing parts and/or scrap from a stamping press, comprising an elongated tray including a bottom panel and longitudinally extending side rails, an endless flexible belt having opposite edge portions and an upper run and a lower run extending above said bottom panel, a set of belt engaging rollers supported for rotation by support members connected to opposite ends of said tray and positioned for directing both of said runs of said belt in close proximity to each other and in close proximity to said bottom panel of said tray for substantially minimizing the combined thickness of said conveyor runs and said tray, said side rails of said tray extending adjacent said edge portions of said upper and lower runs, an electric motor and gear reducer drive unit mounted on one of said support members and connected to drive one of said rollers, and the assembly of said belt, tray, support members, rollers and drive unit providing for convenient installation and use of said conveyor unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.