Electric shaker conveyor assembly

Active Publication Date: 2008-10-09
MAGNETIC PRODS
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[0012]Thus, the present invention provides a cost-effective electric shaker conveyor that converts rotary motion of the drive engine into repeated, rectilinear motion to the conveyor using an elegantly simple, effective mechanical actuation. The shaker conveyor of the present invention is relatively quiet and maintenance free. It has a lightweight and compact design such that it may be relatively portable and may be easily employed in a number of relevant applications. All bearings are sealed and lubed for the life of the product. Accordingly, the shaker conveyor of the present invention has a high level of reliability when compared with shaker conveyors known in the conventional art.

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However, belted conveyors suffer from the disadvantage that the belts are often cut by the sharp edges of the metal parts formed in stamping operations.
Frequent belt replacement increases the maintenance costs of the stamping operation.
Further, stamped parts and other debris may pass through the damaged belts and jam or foul the inner workings of the conveyor drive system.
While these types of drive mechanisms provide satisfactory reciprocal motion, they typically require a number of operating elements and linkages some of which can be relatively complex, and tend to be difficult to manufacture.
These complex shaker assemblies can also be relatively expensive to manufacture and maintain.
More specifically, the complex drive systems raise the cost of the shaker conveyor of this type.
Furthermore, the linkage arms used to provide the reciprocating motion have a tendency to get out of line, reducing the efficiency of the shaker and causing further operational problems.

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[0019]One embodiment of the shaker conveyor assembly of the present invention is generally indicated at 10 in FIGS. 1 through 5, where like numerals are used to designate like structure throughout the drawings. The shaker conveyor assembly 10 may be employed in any number of applications and neither the preceding discussion nor the description of the invention that follows should be interpreted as limiting the use of the invention.

[0020]Referring now to FIGS. 1 and 2, the conveyor assembly 10 of the present invention includes a housing, generally indicated at 12, and a drive system, generally indicated at 14, supported by the housing 12 (FIG. 2). At least one transport tray is generally indicated at 16. The transport tray 16 is supported by the housing 12 and is operatively connected to the drive system 14 as will be described in greater detail below. More specifically, the housing 12 may include a plurality of walls 18, 20 and a top plate 22. The housing 12 may further include a base

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A shaker conveyor assembly including a housing, a drive system supported by the housing and at least one transport tray supported by the housing and operatively connected to the drive system. The drive system includes an electric motor that produces a rotary output. A cam assembly is operatively connected in driven relationship to the rotary output of the electric motor so as to rotate therewith. A cam follower assembly is operatively connected to the transport tray and is responsive to the rotation of the cam assembly to produce repeated, reciprocating, linear motion and to transmit this motion to the transport tray so as to convey items therealong.

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