BELT CONVEYOR CONICAL BRAKE Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: conveyor transport. SUBSTANCE: conical brake is designed for use on heavy belt conveyors providing both lifting and lowering of loads. Proposed conical brake has frame, brake disk, conical disk operating spring, release mechanism drive and lever. Brake disk is installed for axial displacement along splines on free end of conveyor drum shaft arranged with clearance inside fixed support on which conical disk is secured coaxially relative to shaft. Brake disk is spring-loaded relative to support for engagement through one side with conical disk. Rod with clutch is arranged coaxially relative to conveyor drum shaft. Additional conical disk is secured on clutch coaxially with rod for engagement with other side of brake disk. Rod is spline- mounted in additional fixed support. Clutch is spring-loaded to fixed support by means of operating springs arranged over its perimeter. Free end of rod is mechanically coupled with drive lever of brake release mechanism by means of wedge. EFFECT: increased brake torque. 2 dwg