Stock level detector for roll machine for milling

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10875028-B2
Application number	US-201414786264-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2014
Priority date	Apr 23, 2013
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

A roll machine for milling includes a tube type supplying unit 16 , feed rolls 19, 20 , a feeder gate plate 21 , and main rolls 4, 5 . A load detector 28 for detecting stock level is provided on inlet part 16 a of the tube type supplying unit 16 , a detection rod 29 for detecting the level is suspended in the tube type supplying unit 16 , and one end of the detection rod 29 is connected to the load detector 28.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A stock level detector for detecting a level of a stock in a roll machine for milling and crushing with a main roll, the stock supplied in a sheet form to the main roll from an inlet part of an upper part of a supply tube for storing stock having a transverse section of a predetermined width, characterized in that the stock level detector comprises:
a stand disposed at a top end of the supply tube;
a load cell for detecting a magnitude of a load that varies with the stock level in the supply tube, on an exterior part of the supply tube through the stand; and
a detection rod having one end coupled to the load cell and another end suspended vertically downward into the supply tube for detecting the magnitude of the load applied to the another end of the detection rod that varies with the stock level in the supply tube,
wherein the stock level is detected based on the load applied to the another end of the detection rod and detected by the load cell,
wherein the detection rod comprises a rod part, with one end connected to the load cell, and a cone part fixed to another end of the rod part of the detection rod,
wherein a radius t of a base of the cone part is within a range of 0.125 W=<t<0.17W wherein W is the predetermined width of the transverse section of the supply tube.

2. A stock level detector according to claim 1 , wherein a length L of the rod part of the detection rod is within a range of 0.5H=<L<H, wherein H is a height of the supply tube.

Assignees

• Satake Eng Co Ltd

Inventors

• Okamoto Takeshi
• Kawano Hiroyuki

Classifications

• B02C4/42

  Driving mechanisms; Roller speed control · CPC title

• B02C4/286 Primary

  Feeding devices · CPC title

• G01F23/20

  by measurement of weight, e.g. to determine the level of stored liquefied gas · CPC title

• B02C25/00

  Control arrangements specially adapted for crushing or disintegrating · CPC title