LONGITUDINAL CONVEYOR Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering. SUBSTANCE: conveyor is designed for transportation and sorting of timber at forestry and wood-working enterprises. Proposed longitudinal conveyor has guides, traction member with fitted-on crossmembers in form of bases with saddles installed on flexible members, saddle locks and kickers. Saddles are made in form of disks with upper saddle-forming and lower cylindrical surfaces. Locks are made in form of plates arranged on crossmember bases for engagement with lower cylindrical surfaces of saddles. Plates are locked on bases against crosswise displacement by means of flexible members and are provided with stops in zone of kickers operation. Lower cylindrical surfaces are provided with rubber bandage. Use of plates as locks which are arranged on crossmember bases with possibility of engagement with lower cylindrical surfaces of saddles and coupled with bases by means of flexible members simplifies design of conveyor, improves reliability of fastening of saddles with load and precludes wear and breakage of locks. Use of stops provides serviceability of kickers, and rubber bandage guarantees reliable coupling of lower cylindrical surface with plates and kills dynamic loads at loading and transportation of logs. EFFECT: improved reliability in operation owing to prevention of failures and breakage of crossmembers at loading, transportation and kicking of logs. 2 cl, 2 dwg