Multifunctional conveyor drum
AssigneeHauni Maschinenbau AG
InventorsAndreas Rinke, Matthias Jahnke, Ralf Meyer, Manfred Dombek, Johann Elges, Konrad Popp
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Abstract
Conveyor drum for receiving axially aligned articles that are conveyed in a cross-axial direction toward the conveyor drum. Conveyor drum includes a separation device for changing a longitudinal axial spacing of the articles by a predetermined longitudinal axial separation, and an adjustment device structured and arranged to adjust the predetermined longitudinal axial separation. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
Claims17
A conveyor drum for receiving axially aligned articles that are conveyed in a cross-axial direction toward said conveyor drum, said conveyor drum comprising:
- a shifting device for changing a longitudinal axial spacing of the articles by a predetermined longitudinal axial displacement;
- an adjustment device structured and arranged to adjust end positions of the predetermined longitudinal axial displacement;
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- seats structured and arranged to receive the articles and to move in a longitudinal axial direction,
- wherein said shifting device comprises at least one wobble plate structured to be displaceable, and said wobble plate is angularly displaceable, such that an angle between a rotational axis of said wobble plate and a rotational axis of said conveyor drum is changeable.
A conveyor drum for receiving axially aligned articles that are conveyed in a cross-axial direction toward said conveyor drum comprising:
- a lifting device for changing a longitudinal axial spacing of the articles by a predetermined longitudinal axial lift;
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- an adjustment device structured and arranged to adjust the predetermined longitudinal axial lift,
- wherein at least two seats are arranged for articles on a moveable carriage, and said at least two seats or said carriage are connected to a wobble plate by a ball joint.
A process of changing longitudinal axial spacing between axially aligned articles moving in a cross-axial direction, comprising:
- placing the articles on positionably adjustable seats;
- changing the spacing between the positionably adjustable seats within a predetermined range;
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- adjusting the predetermined range, whereby the spacing between the positionably adjustable seats is changed to an adjusted predetermined range,
- wherein said process is performed by a conveyor drum,
- wherein the adjusting of the predetermined range comprises changing a position of at least one wobble plate located within the conveyor drum, and a changing of the position of the at least one wobble plate comprises adjusting an angular position of the at least one wobble plate within the conveyor drum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.