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US 6,598,733 B2Granted
Article conveyor device
AssigneeSankyo Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
InventorHeizaburo Kato
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AssigneeSankyo Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
InventorHeizaburo Kato
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The article conveyor employs two cams of different configuration. One cam imparts oscillatory motion to an output shaft; whereas the other cam imparts a reciprocating motion. The article conveyor moves in a conveying direction from a first position to a second position and back to the first position. Motion is such that the time taken to move from the first position to the second position is longer than the time taken to move from the second position back to the first position.
An article conveyor device for conveying an article, comprising:
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Jigging conveyors: comprising helical or spiral channels or conduits for elevation of materials
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Transport or storage devices
Term ended 28 Jun 2022 (estimated)
The present application claims priority upon Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-222042 filed on Jul. 23, 2001, which is herein incorporated by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is related to an article conveyor device. In particular, the present invention relates to an article conveyor device having an input shaft supported movably to a housing, an output shaft supported movably in respect to the housing, a first cam to oscillate the output shaft by cooperating with the input shaft, and a second cam different to the first cam, to reciprocate the output shaft by cooperating with the input shaft, and an article conveyor portion which oscillates and reciprocates with the output shaft.
Embodiments of the present invention will now be described by way of further example only and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a transverse cross sectional view of a device;
FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the device;
A structure of an article conveyor device according to the present invention is explained referring to FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. FIG. 1 is a transverse cross section of the device, and FIG. 2 is a vertical section of the device. FIG. 3 is a vertical section of a modification of the device. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a structure of the article conveyor device. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a reciprocal motion of the device. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the oscillating motion of the device.
An input shaft 30 is rotatably supported by a housing 10 via an input shaft bearing 50, and is driven and rotated by a drive source such as a motor which is not shown.
An output shaft 20 is rotatably and slidably supported by an output shaft supporting portion 12 provided in the housing 10 via an output shaft bearing 40. Further, the output shaft supporting portion 12 may be formed integrally with the housing 10, or may be manufactured as a separate part, and then fixed to the housing 10 by means such as screw fastening.