Patent ID: 6213291
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A vibration conveyor comprising a spiral or circular-shaped conveyor channel, vibratable via an electromagnet under alternating voltage and whose end opens out into a dispensing chute, wherein the dispensing chute is contrived as a distribution gate with a dispensing channel having a U-profile and pivotable to and fro, which lies on top of a circular segment-shaped smooth surface in a radial direction and is pivotable around a pivot axis traversing said smooth surface, and is rigidly connected via this pivot axis with a guide rail that is open at the bottom and disposed underneath said smooth surface, with mechanical and electrical control means for guiding dispensing channel to different positions by moving said guide rail to and fro in line with a program via a cam that is mounted on a periphery of a control disk disposed parallel to, and underneath, said smooth surface, and projects upwards into said guide rail, so that when said control disk is rotated by an electric motor in response to mechanical and electrical control means, said cam engages said guide rail and moves it to and fro.