Title of Invention

AN IMPROVED INCENSE MAKING MACHINE

Abstract

An improved incense making machine comprising a rotary disk (1), a plurality of drive wheels (7) each rotatably mounted on the rotary disk, a main transmission device including a first motor (61) which rotates a first sprocket which meshes with a first chain set to rotate the rotary disk at a low constant speed, the first motor (61) rotating a second sprocket which meshes with a second chain set to rotate the drive wheels (7) located at a lower half portion of the rotary disk along a first direction, characterized in that a secondary transmission device (8) including a second motor (82) which rotates a third sprocket which meshes with a third chain set to rotate the drive wheels (7) located at an upper half portion of the rotary disk along a second direction opposite to the first direction as shown in Fig 1

Full Text

- 1A - BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a transmission mechanism, and more particularly to a transmission mechanism for an incense making machine. DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART A conventional incense making machine in accordance with the prior art shown in Figs 4-7 comprises a rotary disk 1 mounted on a drive shaft 11, a plurality of rotary drums 2 each mounted on a drive wheel 24 and each provided with a driving piece 211 and defining multiple through holes 212, a spice conveying device 3, an agitating device 4, and a control disk 5. A motor 14 is used to rotate the drive shaft 11 through a driven sprocket 12 so as to rotate the rotary disk 1, and an electromagnetic clutch 13 is mounted on the drive shaft 11 and located beside the driven sprocket 12 The motor 14 can also be used to rotate the drive wheel 23 through a drive chain 24 so as to rotate the rotary drums2. The agitating device 4 includes a transmission motor 41, two transmission sets 42, two belt eccentric wheels 43 and 44, two linking plates 411 and 421, and two eccentric gears 413 and 423. The control disk 5 includes a plurality of lugs 51, and a detecting member 52 In operation, each of the rotary drums 2 contains multiple elongated bars therein which are wet. When the sprocket 12 is rotated by the motor 14, the rotary disk 1 is rotated at a low constant speed while the rotary drums 2 are rotated in a reverse direction through the drive wheel 23 and the drive chain 24 When the rotary drum 2 reaches the conveying belt of the spice conveying device 3, the spice from the spice conveying device 3 is spread and bonded on the elongated wet bars so as to form multiple pieces of incense When the detecting member 52 detects the lug 51 of the control disk 5 passes by, the electromagnetic clutch 13 is detached from the sprocket 12 so that the rotary disk 1 stops rotating during a period of time so that the spice can be slowly distributed on the elongated bars. However, the rotary drums 2 are rotated in a single direction so that the elongated bars contained therein are also rotated along one direction only so that the spice cannot be evenly combined with the elongated bars SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the disadvantage of the conventional incense making machine In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a transmission mechanism for an incense making machine comprising a rotary disk; a plurality of drive wheels each rotatably mounted on the rotary disk, a main transmission device including a first motor which rotates a first sprocket which meshes with a first chain set to rotate the rotary disk at a low constant speed, the first motor rotating a second sprocket which meshes with a second chain set to rotate the drive wheels located at a lower half portion of the rotary disk along a first direction, and 2 - 3 - a secondary transmission device including a second motor which rotates a third sprocket which meshes with a third chain set to rotate the drive wheels located at an upper half portion of the rotary disk along a second direction opposite to the first direction The second motor of the secondary transmission device serves as a power source to rotate a main drive wheel which meshes with a first chain to rotate a first driven sprocket which rotates a first wheel axle which rotates a second driven sprocket which meshes with a second chain , the second chain rotates an outer wheel of a first idler and an outer wheel of a second idler, the second chain then rotates a third driven sprocket which is secured on a second wheel axle, the second chain then passes through outer side wheels of the drive wheels located at the upper half portion of the rotary disk to rotate the drive wheels located al the upper half portion of the rotary disk along the second direction opposite to the first direction, and an electromagnetic clutch mounted on the first wheel axle and located beside the first driven sprocket Further benefits and advantages of the present invention will become apparent after a careful reading of the detailed description with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a transmission mechanism for an incense-making machine in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a front plan view of the transmission mechanism for an incense-making machine as shown in fig. 1, Fig 3 is a front plan view of the transmission mechanism for an incense making machine as shown in Fig 1, Fig 4 is a perspective view of a conventional incense making machine in accordance with the prior art, Fig. 5 is a broken view of the conventional incense making machine as shown in Fig 4, Fig 6 is a front plan view of the conventional incense making machine as shown in Fig 4, and Fig 7 is a front plan view of the conventional incense making machine as shown in Fig 5. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Referring to the drawings and initially to Figs. 1-3, a transmission mechanism for an incense making machine in accordance with the present invention comprises a rotary disk 1, a plurality of drive wheels 7 each rotatably mounted on the rotary disk and each including an inner side wheel 71 and an outer side wheel 72, a main transmission device 6 having a first transmission path for rotating the rotary disk 1 at a low constant speed and having a second transmission path for rotating the drive wheels 7 located at a lower half portion of the rotary disk along a reverse (first) direction (namely, counterclockwise direction), and a secondary transmission device 8 having a transmission path for rotating the drive wheels 7 located at an upper half portion of the rotary disk 1 along a positive (second) direction (namely, the clockwise direction) opposite to the first direction 4 As shown in Figs 1 and 2, the main transmission device 6 includes a first motor 61 which rotates a drive wheel 611 which meshes with a chain 612 to rotate a sprocket 613 which is secured on the wheel axle 62 which rotates a sprocket 631 which meshes with a chain 632 which meshes with an idler 633 to rotate a sprocket 634 and a sprocket 635 which meshes with a chain 636 which meshes with a driven sprocket 12 which rotates the rotary disk 1 at a low constant speed On the other hand, the sprocket 641 secured on the wheel axle 62 meshes with a chain 642 which meshes with a sprocket 643 and passes through the inner side wheels 71 of the drive wheels 7 located at the lower half portion of the rotary disk 1 The chain 642 then passes through a sprocket 644 secured on the wheel axle 81, and passes through an inner wheel 911 of a first idler 91 and an inner wheel 921 of a second idler 92, and finally connects with the sprocket 641 so as to rotate the drive wheels 7 located at the lower half portion of the rotary disk 1 along the reverse counterclockwise direction As shown in Figs 1 and 3, the secondary transmission device 8 is used to rotate the drive wheels 7 located at the upper half portion of the rotary disk 1 along the positive clockwise direction The secondary transmission device 8 includes a second motor 82 serving as a power source to rotate a main drive wheel 821 which meshes with a chain 822 to rotate a sprocket 823 which rotates the wheel axle 81 which rotates a sprocket 841 which meshes with a chain 842 An electromagnetic clutch 83 is mounted on the wheel axle 81 and located beside the sprocket 823 5 The chain 842 rotates an outer wheel 912 of the first idler 91 and an outer wheel 922 of the second idler 92 The chain 842 then rotates a sprocket 843 which is secured on the wheel axle 62 The chain 842 then passes through the outer side wheels 72 of the drive wheels 7 located at the upper half portion of the rotary disk 1 to rotate the drive wheels 7 located at the upper half portion of the rotary disk 1 along the positive clockwise. The electromagnetic clutches 13 and 83 are respectively connected to and controlled by the sensing member 52 (Fig. 7), and the motor 31 is used to drive the conveyor belt of the spice conveying device 3 (Fig 7) In operation, each of the rotary drums 2 (Fig 7) on the rotary disk 1 contains multiple wet elongated bars. The motors 31,61 and 82 are then started to operate The motor 61 of the main transmission device 6 can be used to rotate the rotary disk I at a low constant speed, and can be used to rotate the drive wheels 7 located at the lower half portion of the rotary disk 1 along the reverse direction as shown in Fig 2 At the same time, the electromagnetic clutch 83 is disposed at an escaping status so that the motor 82 idles while the drive wheels 7 located at the upper half portion of the rotary disk 1 are not rotated When the detecting member 52 again detects the lug 51 (Fig 7) of the control disk 5 (Fig 7), the electromagnetic clutch 13 is opened, and the electromagnetic clutch 83 is closed whereby the electromagnetic clutch 13 is detached from the sprocket 12 so that the sprocket 12 idles and the rotary disk 1 stops rotating while the electromagnetic clutch 83 meshes with the sprocket 6 823 so that the secondary transmission device 8 is operated to rotate the drive wheels 7 located at the upper half portion of the rotary disk 1 along the positive clockwise as shown in Fig 3 During a period of time, the electromagnetic clutch 13 is closed, and the electromagnetic clutch 83 is opened so that the rotary disk 1 is rotated, while the secondary transmission device 8 stops operating so that the drive wheels 7 located at the upper half portion of the rotary disk 1 stop rotating It is to be noted that the drive wheels 7 located at the lower half portion of the rotary disk 1 are always rotated constantly along the reverse direction so that the spice powder from the spice conveying device 3 (Fig 7) is bonded on the elongated bars located at the lower half portion of the rotary disk 1 In such a manner, when the rotary drums 2 are located at the upper half portion of the rotary disk 1, the rotary drums 2 are rotated in the positive direction, and when the rotary drums 2 are located at the lower half portion of the rotary disk 1, the rotary drums 2 are rotated in the reverse direction so that the elongated bars contained in the rotary drums 2 can be rotated along different directions so that the spice powder from the spice conveying device 3 can be smoothly and evenly bonded on the elongated bars to form incense It should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention 7 -8- I claim 1 An improved incense making machine comprising A rotary disk, A plurality of drive wheels (7) each rotatably mounted on said rotary disk, A main transmission device including a first motor (61) which rotates a first sprocket whish meshes with a first chain set to rotate said rotary disk at low constant speed, said first motor (61) rotating a second sprocket which meshes with a second chain set to rotate said drive wheels (7) located at a lower half portion of said disk along a first direction, charectarized in that A secondary transmission device (8) includes a second motor (82) which rotates a thud sptocket which meshes with a third chain set to rotate said drive wheels (7) located at an upper half portion of said rotary disk along a second direction opposite to said first direction 2 An improved incense making machine in accordance with claim 1, wherein said second motor (82) of said secondary transmission device (8) serves as a power source to rotate a main drive wheel (821) which meshes with a first chain (822) to total a first driven sprocket (823) which rotates a first wheel a\le (81) which rotates a second driven sprocket (841) which meshes with a second chain (842), said second chain (842) rotates an outer wheel (912) of a first idler (91) and an outer wheel (922) of a second ldler (92), said second chain (842) then rotates a third driven sprocket (843) which is secuted on a second wheel else (62), said second chain (842) then passes through outer side wheels (72) of said drive wheels (7) located at said upper half portion of said rotary disk (1) to rotate said drive wheels (7) located at said upper half portion of said rotary disk (1) along said second direction opposite to said first direction, and an electromagnetic clutch (83) mounted on said first wheel axle (81) and located beside said first driven sprocket(823) Dated this 12th day of September, 2000. (ARINDAM PAUL) of DASWANI & DASWANI APPLICANT'S AGENT 9 An improved incense making machine comprising a rotary disk (1), a plurality of drive wheels (7) each rotatably mounted on the rotary disk, a main transmission device including a first motor (61) which rotates a first sprocket which meshes with a first chain set to rotate the rotary disk at a low constant speed, the first motor (61) rotating a second sprocket which meshes with a second chain set to rotate the drive wheels (7) located at a lower half portion of the rotary disk along a first direction, characterized in that a secondary transmission device (8) including a second motor (82) which rotates a third sprocket which meshes with a third chain set to rotate the drive wheels (7) located at an upper half portion of the rotary disk along a second direction opposite to the first direction as shown in Fig 1

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00522-cal-2000-abstract.pdf

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00522-cal-2000-form-1.pdf

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00522-cal-2000-pa.pdf

522-cal-2000-granted-abstract.pdf

522-cal-2000-granted-claims.pdf

522-cal-2000-granted-correspondence.pdf

522-cal-2000-granted-description (complete).pdf

522-cal-2000-granted-drawings.pdf

522-cal-2000-granted-examination report.pdf

522-cal-2000-granted-form 1.pdf

522-cal-2000-granted-form 18.pdf

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522-cal-2000-granted-form 3.pdf

522-cal-2000-granted-letter patent.pdf

522-cal-2000-granted-pa.pdf

522-cal-2000-granted-reply to examination report.pdf

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