US3734271A - Band conveyer on an air cushion - Google Patents

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US3734271A
US3734271A US00230601A US3734271DA US3734271A US 3734271 A US3734271 A US 3734271A US 00230601 A US00230601 A US 00230601A US 3734271D A US3734271D A US 3734271DA US 3734271 A US3734271 A US 3734271A
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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
    • B65G15/00—Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration
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  • the conveyer comprises a continuous band whose operating and idle strands are moved in separate closed troughs interconnected by air-supply pipe lines to successively form an air cushion under both strands of the band with the aid of one fan.
  • the present invention relates to transportation means and, more particularly, to a band conveyer on an air cushion provided by pressurized air forced by fans to under the conveyer band.
  • the present invention may be used in band conveyers for transporting dust-producing and toxic materials in chemical, mining and metallurgical industries.
  • band conveyers on an air cushion, whose operating strand of the band is enclosed in a closed trough connected in its lower portion with a force port of a fan delivering compressed air to under the operating strand of the band to provide an air cushion disposed between the latter and the trough and keeping the band in the suspended state.
  • the compressed air is delivered from under the operating strand of the band into the trough space above the moving material and is let out into the ambient atmosphere through the butt ends of the trough.
  • the idle strand moves either on roller supports, or on an air cushion provided by a separate fan.
  • Such band conveyers are disadvantageous, inter alia, in that the compressed air let out of the air cushion disposed under the operating strand into the space above the material being transported carries away its particles from the band, thereby increasing dusting of the zones in which the material is charged and discharged. Besides, the fact that this air is let out into the ambient atmosphere results in a considerable amount of its unused energy, which decreases the efficiency of the fans and the conveyer as a whole.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a band conveyer on an air cushion, used for transporting dust-producing and toxic materials, that would prevent their particles from getting into the ambient atmosphere and, therefore, would improve the conditions of servicing the conveyer.
  • Another object of the present invention is to raise the efficiency of the fans by way of using more completely the compressed air energy and, consequently, to raise the efficiency of the conveyer and to lower its costs.
  • This embodiment makes it possible to provide an air cushion under both strands of the conveyer with the aid of one fan by way of passing the compressed air successively first under the operating strand and then under the idle strand of the conveyer band, and, thereby, to use more completely the compressed air energy.
  • the exhaust port of the trough of the idle strand is communicated with an intake port of the fan supplying air into the trough of the operating strand.
  • FIG. 1 shows schematically a longitudinal section of a horizontal band conveyer on an air cushion
  • FIG. 2 shows a section taken along line II-Il in FIG. 1.
  • the band conveyer comprises a continuous flexible band 1 embracing a driving drum 2 and a tensioning drum 3 mounted on the conveyer base (not shown in the drawing).
  • An upper operating band 1 a of the band 1 is disposed in a closed trough 4 having a charging funnel 5 disposed at one side thereof and a charging hopper 6 disposed at the other side of it.
  • a lower idle strand 1 b of the band 1 is also disposed in a closed trough 7 enclosed together with the trough 4 of the operating strand 1 a into a common casing 8 forming air-supply pipe lines 8 a intercommunicating these troughs 4 and 7.
  • the upper trough 4 has a chamber 9 disposed in its lower portion under the operating strand 1 a of the band 1 and separated into separate sections 10 insulated one from another.
  • Each of the sections 10 is connected via a noncontrollable throttle 11 with a receiver 12 disposed under the trough 4 and connected, in its turn, by airsupply pipe lines 13 with force ports of fans 14 whose number is chosen depending on the length of the conveyer.
  • the system of the insulated sections 10 and the throttles 11 provide for a guaranteed air gap between the operating strand 1 a of the band 1 and trough 4 in case the material being transported is disposed nonuniformly along the length of the band 1.
  • the throttles 11 may be substituted with porous partitions.
  • a longitudinal port 16 adapted for passage of the air from the casing 8 space to under the idle strand 1 b of the conveyer band 1, and in the side wall of the trough 7 are exhaust ports 17 intercommunicated by air-supply pipe lines 18 with the intake ports of the fans 14.
  • the band conveyer operates as follows:
  • the loose material C being transported is delivered onto the operating strand 1 a of the band 1 through the charging funnel 5, and is moved together with the latter to the charging hopper 6.
  • the fans 14 are switched-on simultaneously with the driving drum 2 to force compressed air along the air- 4. Then, the air is delivered through the ports 15 made in the trough 4 and along the air-supply pipe lines 8 a to under the idle strand 1 b of the band 1, and, while passing it by, is let out into the ports 17 from which it is sucked-in by the fans 14 along the air-supply pipe lines 18.
  • This closed (circular) system of the air movement inside the conveyer prevents dust-like particles of the material being transported from getting into the ambient atmosphere, which improves the working conditions of the personnel, while the successive use of the compressed air energy for the provision of an air cushion, first, under the operating strand 1 a and, then, under the idle strand 1 b of the band 1 raises the efficiency of the fans 14, and, at the same time, decreases the costs of the conveyer as a whole.
  • the pressure of the air in the conveyer according to the present invention is always proportional to the amount of the material on the band 1 within the limits of each section 10.
  • a band conveyer on an air cushion comprising a base; a drivingdrum mounted at an end portion of said base; a tensioning drum mounted at the opposite end portion of said base; a flexible continuous band embracing said drums and driven by said driving drum; a first closed trough in which the upper operating strand of said band is moved to carry the material being transported; at least one fan mounted on said base; said first trough connected in its lower portion with a force port of said fan to provide an air cushion under said operating strand of the band; a second closed trough in which the lower idle strand of said band is moved; air-supply pipe lines connecting the lower portion of said second trough with said first trough to discharge the air from the latter to under said idle strand of the band; at least one exhaust port made in said second trough.
  • said exhaust port of the second trough is connected with the intake port of said fan forcing air into said first trough.

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US4489825A (en) * 1977-10-19 1984-12-25 E. B. Eddy Forest Products, Ltd. Air film supported and guided load support member
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US4605116A (en) * 1982-09-02 1986-08-12 Miller Formless Co., Inc. Conveyor system used with apparatus for unloading comminuted materials
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