Automatic rotary tile transfer conveyor - has fork type arms connected to and housing chain drives

摘要

An automatic horizontal transfer conveyor for a continuous ceramic tile making plant includes a lower frame (1) with an attached stand, a drive motor (3) fitted to its upper end with its drive shaft horizontal. A box shaped bar (5) attached at the middle to a drive shaft (4) forms two rotatable arms (5, 5') in line. In addition a double gear wheel (9, 9') co-axial with the drive shaft is attached rigidly to the stand (2) with two equal gear wheels fitted to the ends of each of the arms (5' and 5"). Each is connected by a drive chain (20, 20') to the double gear wheel. This mechanical linkage produces a rotation movement for a fork type device (12, 12') around a horizontal axis leaving the prongs constantly in a horizontal plane to pick up simultaneously several tiles from two conveyor bands and placing them sideways onto another production line.