SERVO ROTARY SHINGLE DIVERTER AND METHOD

摘要

A servo rotary shingle diverter includes toothed diverter discs disposed along the path of a stream of shingles separated by spaces. In a first or home rotary position, the diverter discs are disposed entirely beneath the shingle path so that shingles pass the diverter discs unimpeded to a first destination. The diverter discs are rotated at the same rate as the moving shingles such that a tooth of the discs moves along with the shingles and into the path of a selected shingle within the gap head of the selected shingle. The discs are stopped when their teeth align to define a ramp and the next selected shingle engages and rides up the ramp and is diverted thereby to a second destination. The diverter discs are then rotated back to their home position. Every other shingle is thus diverted to the second destination while remaining shingles move on to the first destination.

主权项

1. A shingle diverter for diverting spaced apart shingles moving along an infeed conveyor selectively to a first auto-catcher infeed conveyor or a second auto-catcher infeed conveyor, the shingle diverter comprising:
at least one diverter disc mounted for rotation beneath the infeed conveyor, the at least one diverter disc being configured to define at least one peripheral ramp; the at least one diverter disc being rotatable between a first rotary position wherein the at least one diverter disc is below the infeed conveyor and a second rotary position wherein the at least one peripheral ramp projects above the infeed conveyor in the path of shingles moving therealong; the at least one diverter disc in its first rotary position allowing a shingle moving along the infeed conveyor to continue past the diverter; the at least one diverter disc in its second rotary position diverting shingle moving along the infeed conveyor away from the infeed conveyor; a motor operatively coupled to the at least one diverter disc and being controllable to rotate the at least one diverter disc at a controlled rate through a controlled angle; a controller coupled to the motor, the controller activating the motor to rotate the least one diverter disc such that its peripheral ramp moves into the path of selected ones of the shingles within the spaces between the shingles.