Patent ID: 6357576
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: B01D,B23Q,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A chip conveyor comprising:an endless carrier that circulates in a predetermined direction such that chips discharged by an associated machine tool are collected at a collecting position, are carried to a discharging position, which is spaced from the collecting position by a predetermined distance, and are discharged at the discharging position, wherein the endless carrier follows an upper path from the collecting position to the discharging position and returns through a lower path from the discharging position to the collecting position; and a reservoir tank provided in the lower path of the endless carrier, wherein the endless carrier passes through the reservoir tank, and the chips adhering to the endless carrier are separated from the endless carrier in a liquid in the reservoir tank, wherein the lower path includes a detour that extends away from the upper path into the reservoir tank, wherein the reservoir tank includes a discharge conveyor for removing the chips from the reservoir tank, wherein the discharge conveyor is driven by the endless carrier with a driving mechanism, and wherein an auxiliary reservoir tank is located on a wall of the reservoir tank, and part of the driving mechanism is located in the auxiliary reservoir tank.