Apparatus and method for conveying molded briquettes from a press to bed plates via an inclined conveyance track

US4039072A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• C. Keller & Co.

Inventors

• Werner Keller · Steinhausen, CH
• Karl Robert Schäfer · Bad Wurzach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 20, 1975
• Grant date: Aug 2, 1977
• Expiry date: Aug 20, 1995

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G49/08
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system for conveying molded bricks known as briquettes from a press to a bed plate wherein the briquettes are each conveyed by a plurality of spaced parallel belts to above a conveyor which carries the bed plates under the briquettes supported by the conveyor belts. An inclined substantially coplanar conveyance track which includes elongated rollers has its after portion periodically raised whereby the rollers located in the after portion penetrate upwardly between the belts carrying the briquettes thus lifting the briquettes from the belt. A removal mechanism pushes the briquettes down the rollers of the conveyance track onto a removal plate which pivots with the conveyance track and extends therefrom at a slight incline, the briquettes being received by the main conveyor carrying the bed plates whereby the briquettes are pushed over the conveyance track and onto the bed plate. The removal mechanism is reciprocating and the main conveyor moves intermittently and simultaneously with the removal mechanism except, preferably, the removal mechanism stops slightly before the main conveyor stops which provides an interval between rows of briquettes received on the bed plates.