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Vibratory conveyor

US6318542A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 22, 1999
Grant dateNov 20, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G27/30
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a vibratory conveyor which includes a trough for transporting objects, an exciting mechanism for vibrating the trough in a horizontal direction and a supporting mechanism for supporting the trough so as to be vibratile in the horizontal direction, the exciting mechanism is a linear motor, one of the primary and secondary sides of the linear motor is fixed to the trough and the other is facing to the one side with a predetermined gap and so arranged as to be vibratile relative to the one side.

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