AUTOMATIC FEEDING DEVICE OF ELASTOMER MATERIAL

• Main Authors: KONDO MASATOSHI, SHIBATA KIYOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.11.1991
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

PURPOSE:To make it possible to start the following molding operation just after the unloading of a molded item by a structure wherein each hollow arm, which is shiftably provided so as to opposedly abut against the pot of each molder and at the tip of which the stand-by part of cut material is equipped, and a conveying means consisting of a blower for forced-feeding the cut material is equipped. CONSTITUTION:Cut material 2 fallen in a cutting material catching chute 10 is subjected to the blast by a blower 20 and forced-fed through a material feeding hose 15 toward a duct 16 so as to enter an in-duct passage 29 in order to enter an in-catching chute passage 32 through a notch 30 on the outer tube 25 of a branched catching chute 17. A hollow arm 19 is provided at the tip of the catching chute 17 so as to be revolvable in order to opposedly abut against the pot 18 of the corresponding molder 3 and revolvingly driven by a hollow arm driving air cylinder 36, a rack 38, which is fixed to a hollow arm driving air cylinder rod 37, and a pinion 39, which is fixed to the upper end part of the hollow arm 19. The cut material 2, which passes through the catching chute 17 and stands by at the tip 52 position of the hollow arm 19, falls down in the pot 18 through an open shutter 53.