IP Library Granted Patent US 12,338,076
Granted Patent B2
US 12,338,076 · App. 18/563,008 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Two-mass vibrating conveyor device and vibration damper kit for a two-mass vibrating conveyor device

Inventors: Roberto Porro (Cortemilia, IT); Simone Tagliero Cinquanta (Cortemilia, IT)
Assignee: BROVIND VIBRATORI S.P.A.
B65G27/30B65G27/08
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Patent No.
US 12,338,076
App. No.
18/563,008
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A two-mass vibrating conveyor device is described, comprising a first mass which defines a vibrating conveyor path, a second mass which defines an equivalent vibrating conveyor path, motorization means operatively associated with the first mass and the second mass, elastic means which interconnect the first mass with the second mass, and damping means, each of the damping means being fixed at a stationary node of the elastic means. Furthermore, a vibration damper kit is described, belonging to damping means interconnecting a two-mass vibrating conveyor device to a fixed support structure.

Claims (12)

1. A two-mass vibrating conveyor device in combination with a fixed support structure,

the two-mass vibrating conveyor device comprising a first mass which defines a vibrating conveyor path, a second mass which defines an equivalent vibrating conveyor path, a motorization means operatively associated with the first mass and the second mass to impart a vibrating force to the first mass and a vibrating force in counter-phase to the second mass, an elastic means which interconnect the first mass and the second mass and a damping means which interconnect the two-mass vibrating conveyor device to the fixed support structure, each of the damping means being fixed at a stationary node of the elastic means to help transmit a dynamic reaction equipped with a fixed support structure,

wherein each of the damping means is constituted by a rigid clamp formed by a pair of clamp plates, each clamp plate being shaped to be fixed in correspondence of a respective stationary node of the elastic means, at least one interface plate being connected to the respective clamp plate by means of a component of a damping substance and first connecting means of the pair of clamp plates and the at least one interface plate with the component of a damping substance.

2. The two-mass vibrating conveyor device of claim 1 , wherein the elastic means comprise at least one pack of sheets, each sheet being elastically deformable and shaped to receive the first connecting means, second connecting means to the second mass and third connecting means to the first mass, the first connecting means being located between the second connecting means and the third connecting means.

3. The two-mass vibrating conveyor device of claim 2 , wherein the elastic means comprise at least one elastically deformable sheet shaped to receive the first connecting means, the second connecting means to the second mass and the third connecting means to the first mass, the first connecting means being located between the second connecting means and the third connecting means.

4. The two-mass vibrating conveyor device of claim 1 , wherein the motorization means consisting of at least one electromagnet with a ferromagnetic core and a coil body fixed to a mass, an electromagnet armature being fixed to the other mass, so as to be able to move the first mass in counter-phase with respect to the second mass.

5. The two-mass vibrating conveyor device of claim 1 , wherein the motorization means consisting of an electric motor connected to a cam crank mechanism fixed to one of the first mass and the second mass.

6. The two-mass vibrating conveyor device of claim 1 , wherein the vibrating conveyor path of the first mass consists of a linear section or a curved section.

7. A vibration damper kit belonging to damping means which interconnect a two-mass vibrating conveyor device to a fixed support structure,

the two-mass vibrating conveyor device comprising a first mass defining a vibrating conveyor path, a second mass defining an equivalent vibrating conveyor path, motorization means operatively associated with the first mass and the second mass to impart a vibrating force to the first mass and a vibrating force in counter-phase to the second mass, elastic means which interconnect the first mass and the second mass, the vibration damper kit comprising a rigid clamp formed by a pair of clamp plates, each clamp plate being shaped to be fixed at a respective stationary node of the elastic means, at least one interface plate being connected to the respective clamp plate by means of a component of a damping substance, and first connecting means of the pair of clamp plates and the at least one interface plate with the damping substance.

8. The vibration damper kit of claim 7 , comprising a fixed support structure.

9. The vibration damper kit of claim 7 , comprising elastic means.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 29, 2024
From: PORRO, ROBERTO; CINQUANTA, SIMONE TAGLIERO
To: BROVIND VIBRATORI S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 066607/0213 →
Priority Claims (1)
IT 102021000013355 · May 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240239609A1 · Jul 18, 2024
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