TEST BENCH FOR INVESTIGATION OF PARAMETERS OF CHAIN GATE FOR ORE CHUTE Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC G09B25/02 E21F13/04 

FIELD: mining.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to test benches for experimental investigations in laboratories. The test bench for investigation of parameters of the chain gate for ore chute consists of the section of a vertical oriented tube secured on a frame; a circular guide of angular profile in cross section with vertical and horizontal flanges is fastened on the lower cut of the said tube; the bench also consists of a ring designed to turn in a horizontal plane relative to the guide and equipped with welded round-link chains arranged along the perimeter of the ring at uniform spacing. Lower ends of chains are secured to another ring, which can turn in a horizontal plane and can be set off in a vertical plane. Alternating between them rollers are installed on the upper ring along its perimeter; the rollers are designed to rotate around horizontal and vertical axes and also the rollers interact correspondingly with horizontal and vertical flanges of the circular guide. Further the rollers are assembled on the lower ring along the perimeter of the ring with uniform distance between them and on vertical axes; these rollers are designed to interact with interior cylinder surface of the case secured on a frame; also on the lower ring there are assembled two additional diametrically set rollers on removable horizontal axes, the said rollers interact with vertical oriented guides of double-T profile in cross section pivotally hanged to the frame with their upper ends and able to turn in the plane passing through the axes of the additional rollers sideways from the lower ring; the said guides can be fixed in turned position relative to the frame. In upper and lower rings in grooves of sections of flexible elements there are secured rims; flexible elements envelope the rims at an angle close to 360 degrees. One end of each flexible element is fastened on the rim, while another is equipped with a dynamometer and kinematically connected with a drive. The upper ring is equipped with a catch device, which fixes the upper ring relative to the circular guide. The cylinder case has a vertical slit wherein the branch of the flexible element running from the lower ring is located. A round plate is placed in the interior cavity of the tube section with a gap in a horizontal plane; alternative loads can be arranged on the plate; also this plate interacts with samples of ore located in the interior cavity of the tube section. By means of the flexible element, the length of which is equal to the height of the tube section, the plate is kinematically tied with the frame, where points of flexible element fixture to the frame are arranged along the symmetry axis of the section of the tube. A container with a slide gate in its upper part is installed under the lower ring on the frame; the samples of ore can be received and placed in the container.

EFFECT: invention facilitates laboratory assessment of strength and kinematic characteristics of chain gate for ore chute for conditions of ore lumps chute with various versions of turn ring position: upper and lower one.

2 cl, 1 dwg