Claims
- 1. An apparatus for sorting cut lengths discharged from an automatic metal cutting saw, comprising at the discharge side of said saw:
- a movable, endless link conveyor belt; drive means for driving said conveyor belt in a moving direction;
- a plurality of partitions arranged in spaced relation in the moving direction of said conveyor belt;
- mounting means for mounting said partitions for movement in the moving direction of said conveyor belt;
- a plurality of receiving bins arranged on opposite sides of said conveyor belt and mounted on said partitions, said receiving bins having different dimensions for receiving cut lengths of different dimensions, said receiving bins being spaced at predetermined lengths from said source;
- discharge means for discharging said cut lengths from said conveyor belt into respective ones of said bins; and
- trough means secured to a lower portion of each partition for collecting material falling therein.
- 2. An apparatus for sorting cut lengths discharged from an automatic metal cutting saw, comprising at the discharge side of said saw:
- a movable, endless link conveyor belt; drive means for driving said conveyor belt in a moving direction;
- a plurality of partitions arranged in spaced relation in the moving direction of said conveyor belt;
- mounting means for mounting said partitions for movement in the moving direction of said conveyor belt;
- a plurality of receiving bins arranged on opposite sides of said conveyor belt and mounted on said partitions, said receiving bins having different dimensions for receiving cut lengths of different dimensions, said receiving bins being spaced at predetermined lengths from said source;
- discharge means for discharging said cut lengths from said conveyor belt into respective ones of said bins; and
- ground support leg means secured to lower portion of each partition away from said conveyor belt and extendable into engagement with a level surface for providing additional support to the bins supported by the partitions.
- 3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the conveyor belt is a link conveyor adapted to be tilted downward on either side.
- 4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the link conveyor is provided with a central hinge.
- 5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the conveyor belt is trough-shaped.
- 6. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein each side of the conveyor belt (5) is operatively connected with a tipping cylinder (7, 8).
- 7. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the receiving bins (10 to 17) are adapted to be hung into compartments constituted by movable partitions (20 to 29).
- 8. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein guide plates (34 to 37) are mounted on the upper ends of the partitions (20 to 29).
- 9. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein depositing rails (38) are mounted on the upper ends of the partitions (20 to 29).
- 10. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2, comprising a system (40) for controlling the devices (7, 8) for discarding the workpieces from the conveyor belt, said system being supplied with information concerning the workpieces (4,19) and the receiving bins (10 to 17),
Priority Claims (1)
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REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present invention is a continuation-in-part of US Patent application Serial No. 895,793, filed Aug. 12, 1986, now abandoned, entitled AN APPARATUS FOR SORTING WORKPIECES, to the same inventor herein.
The invention is directed to an apparatus for sorting workpieces into cut lengths, which are discharged from an automatic processing machine such as a metal cutting saw.
For the purpose of discharging cut lengths from a metal cutting saw in the form of sorted lengths, it has been known to provide, at the discharge side of the processing machine, a track-guided carriage which is emptied of its contents at predetermined distances from the processing machine. It is a drawback of said apparatus that for each discharging operation, the carriage must perform a reciprocating movement and therefore performs an empty run.
The invention is based on the object of providing an apparatus for sorting workpieces in which the workpieces delivered by a processing machine are continuously that is, without interruption, discharged and sorted.
This object is solved by the features specified in claim 1. Further improvements of the invention are set out in the subclaims.
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