US1755660A - Assorting table deflecting means - Google Patents

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April 22, 1930. E. L. A. MORROW ASSORTINGIABLE DEFLECTING MEANS Filed June 4, 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet l duozmaq Apr 930- E. L. A. MORROW 1,755,660

' ASSOR'IING TABLE DEFLECTING MEANS Filed June 4, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Kl d2 Morrow A ril 22, 1930. E. A. MO RQW 1,755,660

ASSOR'IING TABLEDEFLECTING MEANS Filed June 4, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 p.40 sorting table.

Patented Apr. 22, 1930 .LjUsTEn A. monnow, or sunnysrnn wnsnrneron nsson'r ne TABLE DEIELECTING eans Application filear i iaieee. SerialNo. 113,685.

Theinvention relates to asserting tables particularly adapted for assorting fruits and vegetables, but applicable forgeneral use, and particularly designed forassorti'ng potatoes.

, A further object is. to provide the table partitions with rearwardly; extending deflecting arms having link connections and adapted to be shifted laterally at the end of the table whereby'potatoes will be discharged in} 0 to'spa'ced-sacks carriediby sackho-lders at the;

end of the table. f r V Afu-rther object is to provide hinged defleeting members above the discharge end of the conveyor and movablelaterally over the 15 conveyor, and'a transverse supporting bar above the conveyor'and arched by U-shaped members carried by the deflecting members for supporting thedeflecting. members and guiding the sameastheyare shifted laterally.

129 IWith .theabove and other objectsin view the-invention resides'in-the combination and arrangement of partsa's hereinafter set forth,

shown in the drawing, described'and claimed,

it being understood that changes in theprecise embodiment of theinv'ention maybe made within the scope of what 'isclaimed without departing from the spirit of the in-' vention; i

' In the drawings ing machine. v a

:Figure 2 is a top plan' view of the assortin -machi-ne. v i

i igur'e 3 is a verticallongitudinal section'- al view through the asserting machine; V

' Figure 4 is'a detail sectional view taken on line 1 l'ofFigure 1; Figure 5'is a detail perspective view of one of itheybag holders and a portionof the as- Figurefi is a perspective view of the hinged deflecting members. :a' 1 Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the .assortin table which is hori- 5 zontally disposed and-2 the inclined and up wardly extending feeding conveyor as, a

whole. 7 I e a Theassorting table 1' comprises a frame 3,:

which frame comprises spaced side bals'df and5 anddisposed insaid frame is an end extends across the rear end of less conveyor 6 which extends over sprockets 7" carried by transversely disposed shafts 8 and 9 at the ends of the frame 3. Shaft 9" is preferably mounted in belt tighteners; 10

whereby theendlessconveyor (imaybemaintained at a proper tension. Endless conveyor 6 comprises sprocket chains '11 which extend over the sprockets 7 and transversely disposed spaced slats12 on which potatoes are conveyedr The frame 3 is supported onlegs 13,'a'nd' it is to be understood that the frame may be formed from any material however it is preferably built upffrom'metal angles and o channels.-- Disposed above the endless conveyor 6 and adjacent the upperiside bars 4t t ofthe frame are longitudinally disposed par titions :14, which partitions at spaced points are provided with outwardly curved deflecting members 15, which extend outwardly to points adjacent the discharge openings 1'6'at the inner ends of the bag holders 1 7, and it will be seen whenbags 18 are placed in the bag-holders17 potatoes which may be picked from the main body thereof; whichare being conveyed by the, conveyor 6, and'placedoutv side of the partitions 14 will bedischarged into bags carried by the bag holders; Hingedly'connectedat 19 to the endsof the I partitions14 are rearwardly deflecting mem bers 20, which members extendjslightly be-I yond'the end of the conveyorand are maintained in uniform spaced "relation by means 7 ofa link connection 21', which is connected at 22 to the arms 2 3"of u-shaped members pand-Whioh 'U-shaped members arch the r upper side of the supporting bar 25'fwhich 7 table. it willf'be' noted the brackets 24 "are carried by the deflecting members 20, and

moved-to positions to discharge intoeither of thebag holding devices 1-7 and bags carried thereby at the end ofthe'table; A'freceptacle 26 (may. be placed on the -flooror ground beneath-the vspace between -the holders 17", *whereby any of the potatoes discharged from the. end of the conveyor, 6

during thershifting operation iwill 'be disthe asserting i charged into the receptacle. The supporting bar 25 is provided with spring clips 27 which receive and grip the U-shaped members 24 according to the position of the deflecting members'20 and prevent displacement of the deflecting members 20 incident to the pressure on the inner sides thereof while deflecting potatoes into either sack carried by the sack holders 17 The outer end of the shaft 8 is provided a with a sprocket 28-and extending around said sprocket 28 and a sprocket 29 carried by the transversely disposed shaft 30 is a sprocket chain 31, and it will be seen when the shaft 30 is rotated through the medium of the belt 32 which moves in the direction of the arrow.

as and. the pulley 33, the table conveyor 6 will be operated. The belt 32 extends forwardly and over a small pulley 34 rotatably nounted on a drive shaft 35, and which drive shaft is provided with a drive pulley 36, over which a belt 37 extends, and which belt may lead toany suitable source of power. Slid an arm connection40 with the slidable clutch member and against the action of the colled ably keyed on the shaft is a clutch member 38, which is adapted to be moved into and' out of clutchedrelation with the pulley 34 through the medium of a lever- 39 having spring 41, therefore it will be seen that the V operator can control the operation of the conveyor 6 may be mg mechanism has been described, it isobvious any kind of power maybe used or the manually operated if desired. I r r The bag holders 17 at the sides of the table and 17 at the end of the table comprise horizontally disposed U-shaped members '42, the

arms of which are preferably hingedly connected at 43 to the vertical'arms 44 of upwardly extending U-shaped members 45 carried by the sides ofthe assorting table, and

which 'U-shaped members 42 are supported connected to the arms of the U-shaped mom-- 7 her 42, and to the outer side thereof, and when 7 moved downwardly into the plane of. the

U-shaped member42 receives said U-shaped member therein, and the upper end of the bag is gripped by said member. The U- shaped-member 42 is provided with an outwardly extending arm 51 which is received between the arms-52 of the handle members 53 of the U-shaped member 50, and after whichthe slidable rectangular shaped memdevi'ce at all times. Although a power driv.

.ber 54 is moved inwardly to the positions shown in Figure 2 where it will cooperate with the arm 51 and maintain the U-shaped members 42 and in the same plane and hold the bag. The discharge openings 16 are provided with downwardly extending plates 55 which are designed to extend into the bags 18 for deflecting potatoes into the bags andunder which plates the inner sides of the bags are disposed.

The feeding oonveyor'2 comprises side bars .56which incline downwardly and forwardly and are supported by the arms 57 and by the uppe r ends of the supporting legs 13. Disposed within the feeding conveyor 2 is an endless conveyor 58, whichconveyor extends over sprockets 59 carried by the transversely disposed shafts 60 and 61, and the conveyoris driven through the medium of the sprocket 62 carried by one end of the shaft 60 and the sprocket 63 OVBI' WhlCh the sprocket chain 64 extends, therefore. it will be seen that the driving mechanism for theendless conveyor 58 gets itspower from-a single source. Disposed within the feeding. conveyor 2 are longitudinally disposed spaced slats 65 over :which the transversely disposed bars 66 carried by theendlessconveyor 58 ride for feeding and conveying. potatoesv upwardly and discharging the same onto theassorting table. By providing the spaced bars'65 it will be seen that potatoes below-a predetermined size will drop between said bars into a dis charge chute 67 disposed within the endless conveyor 58,.and will discharge said undersize potatoes to one side of the feeding mechanism. Rockably mounted in bearings of the ends of the bars 57 is a transversely disposed shaft 68, which shaft is provided with a plurality of downwardly and inwardlly extendarms 69 which normally engage onthe adjacent ends of the spaced bars 65 and form a hopper into which potatoes are placed when feeding the device. It will be noted the bars 65 are closer together in the hopper portion of the feeding device, and as the bars 66 pass under the arms 69, there will be a partial agitating or shaking of the potatoes for dislodging dirt, which willnot drop intothe discharge hopper '67, consequently the undersize potatoes will be discharged substantially free of dirt. Where it is not desired to use afeeding mechanism as'shown, the potatoes may be placed on the end of the assorting table, and the feeding conveyor eliminated, and at the same time the rock shaft 68 having the arms 69 may be attached to the end of the assorting table.

From the above it will be seen that an assorting table and feeding mechanism therefor is provided which is simple in construction, one wherein a continuous operation takes place, and one whereintthe potatoes or other articles will be sized and can be easily assorted into difierent receptacles. It will also be seen that the end of the assorting table is provided with spaced bag holders, and the hingeddefleeting members which are linked together may be easily and quickly manipulated whereby potatoes may be discharged into bags carabove said conveyor, alink connection between said hlnged members, a horlzontally disposed guide bar abovethe conveyor, brackets carried by the hingedmembers and slidably mounted on the guide bar and arching the upper side thereof, said hinged members forming meanswhereby articlesmay be discharged into either of two bag holders, and

means carried by the guide bar and cooperating with the brackets for holding the deflecting members in position to discharge into either of said bag holders.

2. "The. combination with a conveyor, of hinged deflecting members above said conveyor, supporting and guiding means for said deflecting members, said deflecting members being linked together, said supporting and guide means comprising a transversely disposed guide bar above the conveyor, U- shaped brackets carried by the deflecting 7 members and arching the bar and supporting I the deflecting members and latching means carried by. the guidebar and positioned whereby when the free ends of the deflecting .members' are in extreme positions to either side of the conveyor, said U-shaped brackets" will be gripped and held.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

E. LUSTER AQMORROW.

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