US3143218A - Article handling apparatus and method - Google Patents

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US3143218A
US3143218A US136957A US13695761A US3143218A US 3143218 A US3143218 A US 3143218A US 136957 A US136957 A US 136957A US 13695761 A US13695761 A US 13695761A US 3143218 A US3143218 A US 3143218A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G49/00—Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for
    • B65G49/02—Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for for conveying workpieces through baths of liquid
    • B65G49/04—Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for for conveying workpieces through baths of liquid the workpieces being immersed and withdrawn by movement in a vertical direction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D31/00—Cutting-off surplus material, e.g. gates; Cleaning and working on castings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23Q—DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT
    • B23Q7/00—Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting
    • B23Q7/16—Loading work on to conveyors; Arranging work on conveyors, e.g. varying spacing between individual workpieces
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23G—CLEANING OR DE-GREASING OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY CHEMICAL METHODS OTHER THAN ELECTROLYSIS
    • C23G3/00—Apparatus for cleaning or pickling metallic material

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  • the present invention relates to apparatus for tipping a manufactured article in a processing line away from its normal position in the line to achieve an advantageous angle for treatment by means of a fluid medium or for the best drainage after such treatment.
  • the article is transferred from the preceding processing station into a cradle supporting a segment of the track along which the articles are moved.
  • the article is locked in place and the cradle is swung end first up into a desired position where a spray or blast of air or other process to be performed at this station meets it, then the article is returned to its normal position along the track and is transferred on to the next processing station.
  • a further advantage of this machine is its relatively low space consumption, not only in actual space used but also in eficiency by accomplishing more effective operation within a given space.
  • Another advantage of this machine is its adaptability 3,143,218 Patented Aug. 4, 1964 to be constructed so as to handle difierent geometrically shaped parts.
  • FIGURE 1 is a front elevation of the tip-up apparatus looking along the line of travel and showing a phantom outline of an automobile engine head ready to be tipped p;
  • FIGURE 2 is a side elevation taken generally along the line 2-2 in FIGURE 1 showing the engine head in phantom outline being supported by the cradle and being secured by the locking dog;
  • FIGURE 3 is a side view taken generally along line 33 in FIGURE 1, looking down and to the left along the rotatable shaft, showing the crank arm linked to the hydraulic cylinder mounted on trunnions to the machine frame;
  • FIGURE 4 is a front elevation looking along the line of travel showing the locking dog and locking dog release bar in the engaged position showing the relation of the former to the cradle and to the engine head and of the latter to the transfer mechanism, and showing both the locking dog (i.e., holding means) and release bar in phantom outline in the disengaged position;
  • FIGURE 5 is a side elevation taken looking to the right in FIGURE 4, showing the locking dog and its release bar;
  • FIGURE 6 is a plan, taken looking down as indicated in FIGURE 4 showing the locking dog in the engaged position
  • FIGURE 7 is a schematic longitudinal section of a power washer as disclosed in the copending application Serial No. 467,746, filed November 9, 1954, now issued as Patent No. 2,979,062, showing generally the washing, rinsing and drying stages each with a turret for holding a plurality of engine heads, showing the engine heads resting in their processing stations along the track, more particularly showing two engine heads in tipped positions at station #3 and station #8 right before and right after a turret, as they would look if the present invention were incorporated in the disclosed power washer at those stations, and showing a walking beam type article transfer apparatus mounted on said power washer and adapted to load and unload the present tipping apparatus.
  • the cradle 10 (please see FIGURE 2 also) consists of two C-shaped frame members 4 kept in alignment and parallel relationship by a longitudinal member 6, said C-shaped frames 4 supporting the guide bar support members 8, 8a, Sb and 80, which in turn support the spacers 12, 12b and 120, the vertical guide bars 14, 14b, 14c, and the lateral guide bars 16, 16a, 16b, and 16c.
  • the rotatable shaft 18 supports and imparts movement to the cradle 10.
  • the shaft is mounted in bearings 19 at a predetermined angle to the horizontal and is fixed to crank arm 21, which in turn is fixed to mounting block 23, which block is finally mounted on longitudinal member 6 and fixed to the front C-shaped frame 4.
  • actuating the crank arm and thereby rotating shaft 18 is the power source, hydraulic cylinder 25 whose piston 27 is pivotally connected to crank arm 21 (FIGURE 3 shows this more clearly).
  • the machine frame 28 supports the shaft bearings 19 and supports the hydraulic cylinder by trunnion mounts 29.
  • the transfer mechanism 52 positions the engine head 20 within the cradle 10.
  • the locking mechanism is mounted on the cradle so the dog 37 fits behind the engine head 20 into some appropriate part of the geometry of the head so as to prevent it from sliding out of the cradle when in the tip-up 3 position.
  • the locking mechanism is shown in FIGURES 4, 5 and 6 and consists of support member 32 with attached spring cup 34 and attached pin 36, locking dog 37 which is pivoted on pin 36 and has attached spring cup 40 and attached stop 41, spring 43, and release bar 45 which is attached to the transfer mechanism.
  • the present invention is well adapted to be profitably incorporated in such a processing machine as the aforementioned power washer.
  • the tipping apparatus is shown positioned before the multi-processing-positioning turret 24 and in the rinsing stage 44 it is shown after the rinsing stage turret 26.
  • each turret is illustrated as carrying only two articles, while normally such turrets carry any greater number.
  • This positioning of the tipping apparatus is meant to be illustrative and not determinative; for example, it could also be placed anywhere in the drying stage, if found desirable.
  • the aforementioned article transfer apparatus 50 with its transfer frame member 52 is also shown incorporated in the power washer in FIGURE 7 as the preferred transfer apparatus for the present invention. Note that because of the use of this transfer apparatus 50 the loading position of the cradles of the present tipping apparatus and of the turrets are raised above the processing line track 22. This is illustrated in FIGURE 1 by phantom outline of engine head which is the position the engine head has when resting on track 22. Note also that element 38 (please see FIGURES 1 and 7) serves a dual purpose as a frame member for supporting the processing line track 22 and as a manifold for carrying the wash liquids.
  • a device for tipping from a processing line to an advantageous angle the article being treated comprising a machine frame, a processing line track with a gap, a cradle'which comprises two C-shaped frame members set transverse to the longitudinal axis of the cradle and a longitudinal torsion-resisting brace rigidly secured to said C-shaped frame members, a plurality of horizontal lower guide bars extending longitudinally between said C-shaped frame members and adapted to extend across said gap in the track, a plurality of upper guide bars extending longitudinally between said C-Shaped frame members, said upper and lower guide bars defining an enclosure therebetween for receiving and supporting the article in said cradle, holding means mounted on said cradle for engaging the article to prevent its sliding along the guide bars while the cradle is in a tipped position, transfer means, holding means release coupled to said transfer means, said longitudinal torsion-resisting brace
  • a device for tipping from a processing line to an advantageous angle at least one of the articles being treated comprising a machine frame, a cradle which receives and supports such articles therein in a predetermined attitude with respect to a longitudinal ax s of the cradle, and a shaft fixed to said cradle at an angle to said longitudinal axis of the cradle and additionally being rotatably moun ed on said machine frame with the shafts axis fixed in a vertical plane and at an angle to the horizontal plane, driving means connected to said rotatable shaft for turning said shaft thereby inclining the axis of the cradle into an advantageous angular position for the treatment of the article therein, transfer means for positioning such articles into and for removing them from said cradle, holding means for securing said article in said cradle to prevent it from sliding longitudinally along the cradle while the cradle is
  • a device for tipping from a processing line to an advantageous angle the article being treated comprising amachine frame, a processing line track with a gap, a cradle which comprises two C-shaped frame members set transverse to the longitudinal axisof the cradle and a longitudinal torsionresisting brace rigidly secured to said C-shaped frame members, a plurality of horizontal lower guide bars extending longitudinally between said C-shaped frame members and adapted to extend across said gap in the track, a plurality of upper guide bars extending longitudinally between said C-shaped frame members, said upper and lower guide bars defining an enclosure therebetween for receiving and supporting the article in said cradle, holding means mounted on said cradle for engaging the article to prevent its sliding along the guide bars while the cradle is in a tipped position, transfer means, holding means release coupled to said transfer means, said longitudinal torsion-resisting brace extending beyond
  • a device as disclosed in claim 3 further having control means for said rotating means to initiate the tipping cycle and to stop said shaft with the cradle at a predetermined canted position thereby to position the article into a predetermined angle for drainage and access.
  • a device for tipping from a processing line to an advantageous angle at least one of the articles being treated comprising a machine frame, a cradle Which receives and supports such articles therein in a predetermined attitude with respect to a longitudinal axis of the cradle, holding means for securing said article in said cradle to prevent it from sliding longitudinally in the cradle While the cradle is in tipped positions, a shaft fixed to said cradle at an angle to the said longitudinal axis of the cradle and additionally being rotatably mounted on said machine frame with the shafts axis fixed in a vertical plane and at an angle to the horizontal plane, driving means connected to said rotatable shaft for turning said shaft thereby inclining said axis of the cradle into an advantageous angular position for the treatment of the article therein, and holding means release being synchronized with said transfer means to allow free transfer of such articles
  • a device as described in claim 5 further including a transfer means for positioning said articles into and for removing them from said cradle.
  • a device as described in claim 6 further including a control means for said driving means to position said articles in predetermined positions during the tipping cycle.

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GB34369/62A GB1014336A (en) 1961-09-08 1962-09-07 Apparatus for the treatment of heavy manufactured articles and other articles by means of a fluid medium
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US2651087A (en) * 1947-05-08 1953-09-08 Harrison E Fellows Mold making machine
US2577766A (en) * 1949-12-07 1951-12-11 Ingersoll Milling Machine Co Multiple station machine tool
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US2991791A (en) * 1957-06-21 1961-07-11 Procedes Rovac Automatic apparatus for electrolytic processing and the like
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