Separating device of an optical testing unit

US11772132B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• INTRAVIS GESELLSCHAFT FÜR LIEFERUNGEN UND LEISTUNGEN VON BILDGEBENDEN UND BILDVERARBEITENDEN ANLAGEN UND VERFAHREN MBH · DE

Inventors

• Gerd Fuhrmann · Aachen, DE
• Klaus Schönhoff · Würselen, DE
• Michael Rick · Janesville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 2019
• Grant date: Oct 3, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G51/03
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A separating device of an optical testing unit for testing rotationally symmetrical test objects includes two corresponding pocket wheels, each having a plurality of pockets distributed uniformly over a circumference. The pocket wheels rotate synchronously in opposite directions about parallel axes in response to a drive. A continuous conveyor transports the test objects on a transporting plane. Depending on the geometry of the test objects, the distances between the respective pocket wheels and between the pocket wheels and the transporting plane are determined so that the test objects, which are fed via and accumulating section, are moved between the pocket wheels while being guided by two pockets of the two pocket wheels and are released by the two pockets downstream of an engagement section. Once released the test objects are accelerated to a higher transporting speed in an accelerating section of the continuous conveyor and are separated as a result.