Patent ID: 9415475
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: B23Q,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A conveyer apparatus for discharging chips, comprising: a tank body configured such that the tank body is configured in a form of a container body having an operation and installation space, an inlet via which cutting chips containing cutting oil enter is formed in a top surface of one side of the tank body, and a chip outlet via which the cutting chips are discharged is formed in a bottom surface of a remaining side of the tank body; a conveyer unit installed in a form of a caterpillar that reciprocates between both side ends of the tank body while being spaced apart from inner walls of the tank body, and configured to have at least one opening that is open so that inner and outer spaces of the conveyer unit communicate with each other; and an opening/closing unit installed to block the opening of the conveyer unit, and configured to operate so as to open the opening when the corresponding opening passes through a surface opposite an inner bottom surface of the tank body, wherein an outer surface of the conveyer unit comprises: a plurality of scrapers configured to transfer cutting chips present between the conveyer unit and the tank body in a direction in which cutting chips are transferred by the corresponding conveyer unit; and a plurality of separation hooks configured to forcibly separate cutting chips present between the conveyer unit and the tank body.