Pivot bearing and conveying roller for an oblique mounting of the same in a conveyor system

• US 9,776,806 B2
• Filed: 10/10/2014
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tgw Mechanics Gmbh (Tgw Future Privatstiftung)
• Original Assignee: Tgw Mechanics Gmbh (Tgw Future Privatstiftung)
• Inventors: Reischl, Josef
• Primary Examiner(s): HARP, WILLIAM RAY
• Application Number:
  US15/028,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20160304290A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,089 Days
• Field of Search: 198782, 198788, 193 35 R, 193 37
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 39/12 mounted on framework

Abstract

The invention relates to a conveying roller (1), wherein a first end of a shaft (2) in the part protruding from a roller body (3) has a shoulder (4) between a first section located on the roller side (5) having a larger first cross-section and a second section (6) located opposite therefrom having a smaller second cross-section. Finally, the invention also relates to an assembly (15) comprising a pivot bearing (18) and a conveying roller (1) of said type, and a conveyor system for the oblique and straight mounting of conveying rollers (1).

Claims

1. Assembly comprising

a first frame profile having several first orifices spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction of the first frame profile,

a second frame profile having several second orifices spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction of the second frame profile,

a conveying roller and

a pivot bearing,

the first frame profile and second frame profile extend at a distance, and

a second orifice lies directly opposite every first orifice respectively, and

a first orifice of the first frame profile co-operates with a first section on a first end of the conveying roller and a second orifice of the second frame profile co-operates with a third section on a second end of the conveying roller, and

the conveying roller comprises a shaft and a roller body mounted so as to be rotatable about the shaft, and, on the first end of the conveying roller, at least a first end of the shaft in a part of the shaft protruding beyond the roller body has a first shoulder between the first section located on the roller side having a first cross-section and a second section lying opposite the first shoulder having a second cross-section smaller than the first cross-section,

wherein

the pivot bearing has a pivot axis and a generally cylindrical orifice that is pivotable about the pivot axis of the pivot bearing and oriented normally with respect thereto which co-operates with the second section,

the distance between the first and second frame profile is dimensioned such that the first section and the third section lie in directly opposite first and second orifices of the frame profiles when the conveying roller is mounted in a straight position and

the lengthways distance of the first or second orifices is dimensioned such that when the conveying roller is mounted in an oblique position, the first section sits in a first orifice of the first frame profile, the second section sits in the cylindrical orifice of the pivot bearing and the third section sits in one of the second orifices lying obliquely opposite the first orifice.

2. Assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first orifice is hexagonal and the first section can be inserted in a positively fitting arrangement in the hexagonal orifice of the first frame profile and the second section is cylindrical in shape.

3. Assembly according to claim 2, wherein the first section has a square shape or a four-armed star shape.

4. Assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second section has a thread.

5. Assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second orifice is hexagonal and the third section can be inserted in a positively fitting arrangement in the second hexagonal orifice of the second frame profile.

6. Assembly according to claim 5, wherein the hexagon has a width across flats WAF=11 mm.

7. Assembly according to claim 1, wherein the third section is mounted so as to be axially displaceable relative to the first and second sections.

8. Assembly according to claim 1, wherein a fourth section between the first and second ends of the conveying roller having a circular fourth cross-section that is smaller than the circumcircle of said hexagon is provided adjacent to the first section on the roller side.

9. Assembly according to claim 8, wherein the fourth cross-section has a diameter of 12 mm.

10. Conveyor system for conveying objects, via conveying rollers in several conveyor sections, each conveying roller having a respective shaft, comprising

a first frame profile, comprising a vertical web having first orifices disposed in the vertical web one after the other in the conveying direction to provide respective seats for the respective shafts of the conveying rollers,

a second frame profile comprising a vertical web having second orifices disposed in the vertical web one after the other in the conveying direction to provide respective seats for the respective shafts of the conveying rollers,

the first frame profile and second frame profile extend parallel with one another at a mutual distance apart and in the conveying direction of the objects,

a first conveyor section in which the conveying rollers are disposed between the first and second frame profiles with respective shafts of the respective conveying rollers substantially normally with respect to the web, at least one of the conveying rollers in the first conveyor section being a motorized conveying roller,

a second conveyor section in which the conveying rollers are disposed between the first and second frame profiles with respective shafts of the respective conveying rollers at an angle to the web, at least one of the conveying rollers in the second conveyor section being a motorized conveying roller,

and the first frame profile and second frame profile in the first conveyor section and second conveyor section are of identical design, and

a first orifice of the first frame profile co-operates with a first section on a first end of the motorized conveying roller and a second orifice of the second frame profile co-operates with a third section on a second end of the motorized conveying roller,

and both the motorized conveying roller in the first conveyor section and the motorized conveying roller in the second conveyor section respectively comprise a shaft and a roller body mounted so as to be rotatable about this shaft, and, on the first end of the motorized conveying roller, at least a first end of the shaft in the part protruding beyond the roller body has a first shoulder between the first section located on the roller side having a first cross-section and a second section lying opposite the first shoulder having a second cross-section smaller than the first cross-section,

at least one pivot bearing in the second conveyor section which provides a mount for the shaft on the first end of the motorized conveying roller, comprising

a single-part or multi-part main body and

a pivot plate which is mounted on the main body in a seat so as to be rotatable about a pivot axis, which comprises an orifice which is oriented normally with respect to said pivot axis and which has guide surfaces extending normally with respect to the pivot axis,

and the main body forms a first side wall part and a second side wall part extending above and below the pivot plate and extending normally with respect to the pivot axis which delimit the seat, and the pivot plate is mounted inside the seat on the first side wall part and second side wall part and is disposed so as to be pivotable about the pivot axis relative to the stationary main body, and

the pivot bearing is mounted on the vertical web of at least the first frame profile by the main body of the pivot bearing via a releasable fixing device and is positioned relative to the first frame profile in such a way that the shaft of the motorized conveying roller extends through both one of the orifices in the vertical web and the orifice in the pivot plate,

wherein

in the first conveyor section in which the conveying rollers are disposed between the first and second frame profile with the respective shafts of the respective conveying rollers substantially normally with respect to the web, the first section on the first end of the motorized conveying roller is inserted directly in the first orifice and the third section on the second end of the motorized conveying roller is inserted directly in the second orifice, and

in the second conveyor section in which the conveying rollers are disposed between the first and second frame profiles with the respective shafts of the respective conveying rollers at an angle to the web, the second section on the first end of the motorized conveying roller co-operates with the generally cylindrical orifice in the pivot plate of the pivot bearing.

11. Conveyor system according to claim 10, wherein

the guide surfaces extending normally with respect to the pivot axis co-operate with guide surfaces in the main body likewise extending normally with respect to the pivot axis and

a torque acting on the pivot plate around the axis of the conveying roller is absorbed by the abutting guide surfaces of the pivot plate and the guide surfaces of the main body.

12. Conveyor system according to claim 10, wherein

the pivot plate has at least one cylindrical pivot pin protruding normally to the guide surface and

the main body is of a multi-part design, and a first bearing for seating said pivot pin is disposed in a first part or a first half-shell is disposed in a first part and a second half shell is disposed in a second part for seating said pivot pin.

13. Conveyor system according to claim 10, wherein the pivot plate has two pivot pins which are mounted in two bearings or each in two half-shells.

14. Conveyor system according to claim 10, wherein the pivot plate is of a substantially square shape.