ZIGZAG CHUTE Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC B65G11/08 B65G43/08 

FIELD: transportation.

SUBSTANCE: zigzag chute comprises a load-carrying structure with a cargo storage located in its lower part, a winch with a drive, a flexible traction connected to the winch, and sections suspended to the bearing structure, located one under the other, connected to each other by means of horizontal axes and made in the form of trays fixedly connected to the traction of the lower tray, upper ones – with possibility of vertical movement of traction relative to trays and with displacement of connection from the middle of each lower located tray towards axis connecting it with adjacent upper tray. Chute is equipped with a multi-turn potentiometer, kinematically connected to the winch, a load weight force sensor installed under the bottom of the cargo storage, and a two-input adder, the first input of which is directly connected to the output of the load weight force sensor, the second input is connected through the inverter to the output of the potentiometer, and the output is connected to the winch drive; the drive is made adjustable, and the bottom of the cargo storage is spring-loaded.

EFFECT: increasing the operational reliability of the chute.

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