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- the preliminary essentials are-grading anduniforin length, as we have in previous ,patents, namely Ida-1,257,719, Feb. 26, 1918,
- Figure 1 is a plan view of our feeder.
- Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal'section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. h
- I Fig. '3 is a cross-section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.
- Mountedin 'theframe 3 are other crossin anysu table number. Upon shafts '11, these cross-shafts are the successive lines of projectingfrom hubs 13,. upon which the carrier belts 9 rest so that the teeth 12 rise above said belts. y r-limits thecapacity of Both sets ofcarrier belts .7 and 9 and the spreader. teeth 5 are driven from the hub 6 driven through its gear ltfrom a pinion '15 on aside shaft 16.
- the series or lines of teeth- 12 areall driven at a higher rate of proj ecting ounted the parallel carrlers 7, which, 111 practice, are
- each line of teeth 12 is different, being so regulated that the line of teeth 12 immediately following the line of teeth 5 is driven at an increased speed as compared with the speed of the teeth 5, and the next line of teeth 12 is driven at an increased speed over the speed of the first line of teeth 12 and so forth to the end line of teeth 12, nearest the pocket feed belt 1, which said end line has the highest speed.
- a side-shaft 20 as carrying a' sericsof pinions l7 meshing with gears 18 of successively decreasing diameter on the ends of the cross shafts 11.
- the shaft 20 may be driven by the shaft 16, through gearing 21.
- the increased speed of all the lines of teeth 12 over the speed of the carrier belts insures against any piling up or crowding at said lines, and the successlvely increasing speeds of said lines segregate the shoots into individuals.
- A'feeder for the described purpose com prising atravelingcarrier on which the material rests and by which it is advanced; a series of cross-lines of rotating spreaders disposed to act upon the advancing material on the carrier to separate its component parts; and means for imparting 'to successive-lines of spreaders an increased speed of rotation, whereby the separation of the advancing material is increasingly effected.
- a feeder for the described purpose comprising a traveling carrier ;a series of crosslines of spreaders disposedto act upon the material on the carrier to separate its component parts, said lines of spreaders rotating at a higher rate of speed than the travel of the carrier; and means for imparting to successive lines of spreaders an increased speed of rotation whereby the separation of the material is increasingly effected.
- a feeder for the described purpose" comriers and a series of cross lines of spreaders rising between the carriers and rotating 111 planes parallel wlth the direction of travel of said carriers, said spreaders having a higher rate of speed than said carriers.
- a feeder for the described purpose comprising a series of parallel traveling carriers on which the material rests and by which it is advanced, and a series of cross lines of spreaders risin between the carriers and rotating in p tne's parallel with the direction of travel of said carriers, said spreaders acting upon the advancing material on the carriers to separate its component parts and each successive line of spreaders having a greater speed than that of the preceding line, whereby the separation of. the advancing material is increasingly effected.
- a feeder for the described purpose comprising a series of parallel traveling carriers, and a series of cross lines of spreaders rising between planes parallel with the direction of travel .of said carriers, said spreader-s having a higher rate of speed than said carriers, and each successive line of spreaders having a greater speed than that of the preceding line.
- a feeder for the described purpose coma series of parallel traveling carriers; a cross line of spreaders rising between and rotating at the same rate of speed asthe carriers, in planes parallel with their d1rect1on of travel; and a succeeding series of cross lines of spreaders and rotating at rates the rate of travel of the carriers and in planes parallel with their direction of travel,
- a feeder for the described purpose comprising a first series of parallel traveling carriers; a cross-shaft; a line of spreaders carried by said shaft, said spreaders rising between said carriers and having a hub upon than that of the which the carriers are mounted and by which a they are driven; a
- traveling carriers mounted upon and driven by the hub of the said spreaders; a-series of cross shafts, each carrying a line of spreade'rs rising between said second carriersand having hubs upon which said carriers are guided; and means ,for driving each sue havin ceedin cross shaft at relatively higher speed guided; and means for drivin each suoceedthan t at of the preceding cross shaft.
- ing cross-shaft at relatively higher speed 8.
- a feeder for the described purpose cointhan that of the preceding cross-shaft and -5 prising a first series of parallel traveling all at aspeed greater than the rate of travel carriers; a cross-shaft; a line of Spreaders of said second series of carriers. 20 carried by said shaft, said Spreaders rising In testimony whereof We have signed our between said carriers and having a hub .upon names to this specification in the presence Which-the carriers are mounted and bywhi'ch of two subscribin witnesses.
- traveling carriers mounted u onand driven ALBERT R. THOMPSON.
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Description
' D. LOW-&A.-R.THQMPSON.
FEEDER ESPEClALLY ADAPTED FOB ASPARAGUS HANDLING MACHINES.
APPLICATION FILED NOV. 26. l9l8.
1,299,198; Patented Apr. 1,1919.
INVENTORS. I N 1%; /Z m y fayf a fan ATTORNEYS "U1 5 ran erase draw as.
DAVID LOW Am) ALBERT- R. THOMPSON, or SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA; 'sAin rnomrson ASSIGNOR T0 SAID LOW.
FEEDER ESPECIALLYIADAPTED roe. AsPAR'AGUs- ANDLING MACHINES.
To all whom it may concern:
haveinventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Feeders Especially Adapted for Asparagus-Handling Machines, of which the following is a speci cation. V
- Our invention relates, in general, to the class of'feeders by which mate'rial-issup:
plied to machines to handle it; and, in v.particular,it relates tables, such,- for example, as asparaglis, to
machines" which grade the form length suitable for packing in tins.
' ile our inventionis applicable to any material composed of individuals which, for
effective handling in the machine supplied, require to be spread out and introduced singly, 1t ispartlcularly useful for feeding asp In the art of packing or canning asparagus, the preliminary essentials are-grading anduniforin length, as we have in previous ,patents, namely Ida-1,257,719, Feb. 26, 1918,
i with respect to butts and tips,
the butts must lie allin the same direction.
I 1 each shoot, singly in its own individual and No? Oct. 22,; 1918, fully e plained." Y l -'To attain these-essentials with efiiciency the important .factor is the "maintenance throughoutthe entire operation of the uniform-relationofindividual shoots or stalks that is to say,
This'is foundbestacomplished by feeding pocket to the machine; and this, in turn, re-
= labor to separate thesheots and supply them quires personal care to see that eaoh'shoot is properly and singly disposed so that the ma 'terial will'reachthe-machlne as individuals 2111511 1111115011111 nwithrespect to' .butts andtips.v y l i The personal care thusimposediuponthe operator, necessari the machine, fOr'lll requires :both time-and singly-and in proper relation to-the individual' pockets of the inleading feed-belt of the machines: 1 It is the object-of ourpresent invention. to
Specification of'Letters Patent. Application filediToveinber 26, 1918.
I to a feeder which is espe ,cially adapted to supply elongated vegetrate the handling ma stalks in-respect to thickness and .which-reducethem to uni .to deliver. t
Spreaders or teeth 12,
Patented Apr. 21, ,ieie. Serial No. 2643271. 7
' effect a saving in this regard by. providing for the automatic spreading and segregation of the shoots and their delivery singly to the feed pockets of the machine.
.1 To this end ourinvention consists in thenovel feedenwhich We shall now fully. de-
scribe by reference to the accompanying drawings in which," Figure 1 isa plan view of our feeder. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal'section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. h
I Fig. '3 is a cross-section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.
We have not deemed it necessary to illuschine, which forms no.
part of our present invention though for this purpose, if desired, reference maybe had to our previous patents above mentioned,: and
particularly to the later-one, of which the belt 1 with its transverse pockets 2, is the inleading feed belt. I
In advance of this belt is the frame 3 of our present feeder.
In this frame is mounted a cross shaft 4.-
which carries a line of spreading members, here shown in the form-of teeth 5 from ahub 6, upon which hub are that the belts 9.1nay lie in close proximity to the main feed belt 1, and be adapted, without loss of -s ace or danger of displacement 1 e asparagus shoots into the pockets2 of said feedbelt, as best shown in Fi thig point serves to guide and hold each shoot. to and 1n its pocket.
, Mountedin 'theframe 3 are other crossin anysu table number. Upon shafts '11, these cross-shafts are the successive lines of projectingfrom hubs 13,. upon which the carrier belts 9 rest so that the teeth 12 rise above said belts. y r-limits thecapacity of Both sets ofcarrier belts .7 and 9 and the spreader. teeth 5 are driven from the hub 6 driven through its gear ltfrom a pinion '15 on aside shaft 16.
The series or lines of teeth- 12 areall driven at a higher rate of proj ecting ounted the parallel carrlers 7, which, 111 practice, are
2. A 'frictionally driven brush 19, at
y 165 mounted on the cross shaft l the latter being driven; and, moreover, the rate of speed of each line of teeth 12 is different, being so regulated that the line of teeth 12 immediately following the line of teeth 5 is driven at an increased speed as compared with the speed of the teeth 5, and the next line of teeth 12 is driven at an increased speed over the speed of the first line of teeth 12 and so forth to the end line of teeth 12, nearest the pocket feed belt 1, which said end line has the highest speed.
Any suitable mechanism may be employed to differentiate the speed as described. For illustration we have shown a side-shaft 20 as carrying a' sericsof pinions l7 meshing with gears 18 of successively decreasing diameter on the ends of the cross shafts 11. The shaft 20 may be driven by the shaft 16, through gearing 21.
lnpractice we have found it desirable to make the initial line of teeth 5 larger than dividuals, j and are by said teeth the succeeding line of teeth 12.
The operation of The asparagus shoots,
crosswise on the traveling carrier-belts 7 arrive more or less bunched at the line of teeth 5and are picked up and carried over and in this operation are partly separated or spread out, the relatively large size of said teeth acting favorably in this regard.
Somewhat separated the sheets are delivered upon the traveling carrier belts 9, and when they arrive at the first line' of teeth 12 they are again picked up and carried over, and in this operation, on account of the increased speed of said line of teeth, a further separation or spreading of the shoots is effected.
Arriving at the next line of teeth 12 which is rotating at an increased speed a still further spacin or spreading of individual shoots is eflected. This operation is continued, until at the last line of teeth 12, which is rotating at highest speed, the shoots are fully separated or spread out into indelivered separately into successive pockets of the feed belt 1.
The increased speed of all the lines of teeth 12 over the speed of the carrier belts insures against any piling up or crowding at said lines, and the successlvely increasing speeds of said lines segregate the shoots into individuals.
We claim:
,1. A'feeder for the described purpose com prising atravelingcarrier on which the material rests and by which it is advanced; a series of cross-lines of rotating spreaders disposed to act upon the advancing material on the carrier to separate its component parts; and means for imparting 'to successive-lines of spreaders an increased speed of rotation, whereby the separation of the advancing material is increasingly effected.
prising the feeder is as follows:-
supphed in mass.
' prising 2. A feeder for the described purpose comprising a traveling carrier ;a series of crosslines of spreaders disposedto act upon the material on the carrier to separate its component parts, said lines of spreaders rotating at a higher rate of speed than the travel of the carrier; and means for imparting to successive lines of spreaders an increased speed of rotation whereby the separation of the material is increasingly effected.
A feeder for the described purpose" comriers, and a series of cross lines of spreaders rising between the carriers and rotating 111 planes parallel wlth the direction of travel of said carriers, said spreaders having a higher rate of speed than said carriers.
4:. A feeder for the described purpose comprising a series of parallel traveling carriers on which the material rests and by which it is advanced, and a series of cross lines of spreaders risin between the carriers and rotating in p tne's parallel with the direction of travel of said carriers, said spreaders acting upon the advancing material on the carriers to separate its component parts and each successive line of spreaders having a greater speed than that of the preceding line, whereby the separation of. the advancing material is increasingly effected.
5. A feeder for the described purpose comprising a series of parallel traveling carriers, and a series of cross lines of spreaders rising between planes parallel with the direction of travel .of said carriers, said spreader-s having a higher rate of speed than said carriers, and each successive line of spreaders having a greater speed than that of the preceding line.
6. A feeder for the described purpose coma series of parallel traveling carriers; a cross line of spreaders rising between and rotating at the same rate of speed asthe carriers, in planes parallel with their d1rect1on of travel; and a succeeding series of cross lines of spreaders and rotating at rates the rate of travel of the carriers and in planes parallel with their direction of travel,
rising between the carriers and rotating in of speed higher thana series of parallel traveling careach successive line of said series of spreaders having a greater speed preceding line.
7 A feeder for the described purpose comprising a first series of parallel traveling carriers; a cross-shaft; a line of spreaders carried by said shaft, said spreaders rising between said carriers and having a hub upon than that of the which the carriers are mounted and by which a they are driven; a
second series of parallel. traveling carriers, mounted upon and driven by the hub of the said spreaders; a-series of cross shafts, each carrying a line of spreade'rs rising between said second carriersand having hubs upon which said carriers are guided; and means ,for driving each sue havin ceedin cross shaft at relatively higher speed guided; and means for drivin each suoceedthan t at of the preceding cross shaft. ing cross-shaft at relatively higher speed 8. A feeder for the described purpose cointhan that of the preceding cross-shaft and -5 prising a first series of parallel traveling all at aspeed greater than the rate of travel carriers; a cross-shaft; a line of Spreaders of said second series of carriers. 20 carried by said shaft, said Spreaders rising In testimony whereof We have signed our between said carriers and having a hub .upon names to this specification in the presence Which-the carriers are mounted and bywhi'ch of two subscribin witnesses.
10 they are driven; a secondseries of parallel 4 v -DA ID LOW.
traveling carriers,.mounted u onand driven ALBERT R. THOMPSON.
/ by'tl e hub ofthe aid sprea ers; a=series of Witnesses: l j cross-shafts, each carrymg a line of spread- H. M. BANz,
ers rising between said second. carriers and I 1 F. L. MoNNEn hubs upon which said carriers are 15
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| US2503976A (en) * | 1947-11-13 | 1950-04-11 | Abner J Troyer | Seed potato cutter |
| US2709011A (en) * | 1951-08-17 | 1955-05-24 | Harry M Radin | Tractor mounted loading apparatus |
| US2725974A (en) * | 1954-09-30 | 1955-12-06 | James J Shields | Conveyor rollers |
| US2865766A (en) * | 1955-03-28 | 1958-12-23 | Rath Packing Company | Apparatus for coating fragile foods |
| US2865578A (en) * | 1955-11-23 | 1958-12-23 | Lamson Corp | Carrier routing devices for pneumatic conveyor systems |
| US3184034A (en) * | 1963-02-11 | 1965-05-18 | Rex Chainbelt Inc | Log deck and separator |
| US3202263A (en) * | 1964-09-22 | 1965-08-24 | Rex Chainbelt Inc | Log deck and separator |
| US3360101A (en) * | 1965-03-03 | 1967-12-26 | Ridder Willem De | Apparatus for transferring a row of bakery pans |
| US3641735A (en) * | 1970-01-20 | 1972-02-15 | Jones & Co Inc R A | Bag packer with horizontal transfer |
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| US2503976A (en) * | 1947-11-13 | 1950-04-11 | Abner J Troyer | Seed potato cutter |
| US2709011A (en) * | 1951-08-17 | 1955-05-24 | Harry M Radin | Tractor mounted loading apparatus |
| US2725974A (en) * | 1954-09-30 | 1955-12-06 | James J Shields | Conveyor rollers |
| US2865766A (en) * | 1955-03-28 | 1958-12-23 | Rath Packing Company | Apparatus for coating fragile foods |
| US2865578A (en) * | 1955-11-23 | 1958-12-23 | Lamson Corp | Carrier routing devices for pneumatic conveyor systems |
| US3184034A (en) * | 1963-02-11 | 1965-05-18 | Rex Chainbelt Inc | Log deck and separator |
| US3202263A (en) * | 1964-09-22 | 1965-08-24 | Rex Chainbelt Inc | Log deck and separator |
| US3360101A (en) * | 1965-03-03 | 1967-12-26 | Ridder Willem De | Apparatus for transferring a row of bakery pans |
| US3641735A (en) * | 1970-01-20 | 1972-02-15 | Jones & Co Inc R A | Bag packer with horizontal transfer |
| US5915523A (en) * | 1996-05-08 | 1999-06-29 | Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.P.A | Method and unit for ordering products |
| WO2004060777A3 (en) * | 2002-12-31 | 2005-04-21 | Shuttleworth Inc | Compression passing roller |
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