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Rubber tire individual separation transport apparatus

  • US 5,484,048 A
  • Filed: 04/04/1994
  • Issued: 01/16/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for conveying and separating annular objects of different diameters including a conveyor having an inclined section, a loading section adjacent one end of said section and a discharge area adjacent the opposite end of said inclined section and a discharge area adjacent the opposite end of said inclined section, said inclined section being moveable to transport annular objects from the loading zone to the discharge zone, said conveyor having a width sufficient to support two of said annular objects in a side-by-side relationship, said conveyor section positioned such that any line traversing said conveyor section and perpendicular to the edges thereof will be generally parallel to the horizontal;

  • a plurality of support plates on said conveyor section each of a size to support only one annular object laid flat on said conveyor and mounted at a larger pitch in the direction of transport than the maximum diameter of rubber annular objects being conveyed;

    a stationary side wall along the side edge of said inclined portion remote from said support plates for guiding others of said annular objects supported on said inclined section and not supported by one of said support plates; and

    the traverse distance between the support plates and said side wall being greater than the diameter of annular objects being conveyed whereby annular objects not engaging on said support plates are returned to the loading zone.

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