Patent ID: 6325203
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: B23Q,B65G,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
In a method of continuously conveying machine tool chips by moving all of said chips along a single entry to a single exit path of movement from an entry in a collecting zone to a single exit at a discharge area without sorting or separating said chips into separate streams, the steps offeeding chips into an elevated collecting zone having a discharge area smaller than its entry area,arresting the gravity induced downward passage of at least a portion of said chips while all of said chips move along a single defined path of movement toward the discharge area by engagement of chips, firstly, with rigid projection means disposed above the discharge area and, second, with auger means which are located between the projection means and the discharge area, andintermittently applying auger means induced forces to all of said chips as the chips move in a single stream from the entry area of the collecting zone to the discharge area downstream from the auger means.