Conveyor belt weighing device

Abstract

Abstract A CONVEYOR BELT WEIGHING DEVICE SUITABLE FOR DOSING BULK MATERIAL IS PROVIDED WITH AN ENDLESS CONVEYOR BELT GUIDED OVER TWO HORIZONTALLY SPACED DRUMS, ONE OF WHICH IS A DRIVING DRUM. THE OTHER DRUM IS SLIDABLY ADJUSTABLE LENGTHWISE OF THE CONVEYOR BELT AND SUBJECTED TO THE ACTION OF HELICAL SPRINGS SO AS TO KEEP THE CONVEYOR BELT UNDER TENSION, WHEREBY AN INDICATOR ATTACHED TO ONE OF THE SPRINGS IS MOVABLE RELATIVE TO A FIXED SCALE AND PERMITS A DIRECT READING OF THE TENSION IN SAID CONVEYOR BELT. A WEIGHING MEMBER IS ARRANGED IN THE RANGE OF THE UPPER STRAND OF THE CONVEYOR BELT, AND THE LOWER STRAND OF THE CONVEYOR BELT IS ENGAGED BY TWO ROLLERS ARRANGED END TO END, EACH HAVING A LENGTH OF ABOUT HALF THE WIDTH OF THE CONVEYOR BELT AND EXTEND TRANSVERSELY OF THE BELT IN A VERTICAL PLANE PARALLEL TO THE AXES OF THE DRUMS AND AT SUCH AN ANGLE TO EACH OTHER THAN THE EDGES OF THE CONVEYOR BELT ARE DISPOSED IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE WHICH IS SPACED BELOW THE CENTER PORTION OF THE CONVEYOR BELT SO AS TO FORM A STURDY GUIDE DEVICE FOR THE CONVEYOR BELT. D R A W I N G

Inventors

• 👤 H Barten
• 👤 R Barnewald
• 👤 W Hanich

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