DEVICE FOR LAYER-BY-LAYER STOWING PIECE ARTICLES Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: food industry; stowing of cans. SUBSTANCE: proposed device has rotor secured on horizontal shaft with radial grips, article feeder, support for container and drive. Each grip is rigidly secured on end of connecting rod. The latter, in its middle part, is hinge-connected with crank secured on additional shaft. Other end of connecting rod is hinge- coupled with output link made in form of rocker and hinge-coupled with rotor shaft. Additional shaft is arranged in parallel with rotor shaft and is installed in bearing supports located inside rotor. Lock for engagement with brake disk and gear for engagement with toothed sector are mounted on end of shaft. Brake disk is secured on rotor shaft support, and toothed sector is mounted on disk. Working position of grip is defined by position of crank and connecting rod in which angle between crank and connecting rod is zero. Feeder consists of accumulator, former and agitator of articles. To provide stopping of rotor with drive motor operating, electromagnetic clutch is used. EFFECT: simplified design. 3 cl, 6 dwg