Movable Strip Cover Plate for Gradient Conveying
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional conveying apparatuses face challenges in preventing foreign matter from entering the traveling route of conveying traveling bodies, especially when traveling with a necessary space between units or navigating rising and falling gradient routes, due to limitations in strip cover plate design.
Innovation Solution
The conveying apparatus features a strip cover plate with an adjustable movable plate portion that can swing upward, allowing for overlapping and smooth passage through gradient routes without vertical pushing, and is divided into units to accommodate varying angles and reinforce structural integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If the entire length of the strip cover plate is made longer than that of the conveying traveling body so that end portions overlap, then foreign matter prevention is improved, but vertical pushing between adjacent strip cover plates occurs when traveling gradient route portions
Solution Approach 1:
The strip cover plate is designed with a movable plate portion that can dynamically change its position and angle. This portion can swing upward from a horizontal posture to accommodate the gradient route portions, allowing the strip cover plate to adapt its configuration based on the traveling conditions and eliminate vertical pushing forces between adjacent plates.
Solution Approach 2:
The strip cover plate is divided into a fixed portion and a movable plate portion. The movable plate portion is further segmented into multiple sections that can independently adjust their positions and angles, enabling the structure to accommodate gradient route portions while maintaining foreign matter prevention capability.
2Ease of operation
If necessary space is secured between front and rear conveying traveling bodies, then operational flexibility is improved, but foreign matter can enter the traveling route more easily
Solution Approach 1:
The movable plate portion can dynamically adjust its position and angle to maintain effective coverage over the traveling route even when necessary space is secured between adjacent conveying traveling bodies. This allows operational flexibility while continuing to prevent foreign matter entry.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable plate portion introduces an additional degree of freedom by allowing the strip cover plate to change its angle and position in three-dimensional space. This enables the plate to maintain protective coverage even when the conveying traveling bodies are spaced apart, addressing the foreign matter prevention challenge.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration effectively prevents foreign matter from entering the traveling route while allowing smooth passage through gradient routes by ensuring the strip cover plates overlap correctly, reducing vertical forces and maintaining efficient travel.
Implementation Method 1
the movable plate portion (38b) is overlapped on the one end portion of the strip cover plate (32) when front and rear conveying traveling bodies (4) come close to each other
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AI summary
A conveying apparatus has a conveying traveling body traveling below a floor board and supporting a carriage main body by column portions penetrating a slit provided in the floor board. The conveying traveling body is composed of a plurality of trolleys. A load bar couples the trolleys, and a strip cover plate covers the load bar below the slit. The strip cover plate has a length longer than the conveying traveling body and has one end portion in the traveling direction provided with a movable plate portion higher than the other end portion. The movable plate is pivotally supported so as to be swingable upward from a horizontal posture.