US 10,239,696 B1Granted

Conveyor cartridge

AssigneeIntelligrated Headquarters, LLC

InventorJustin Brouk

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Abstract

A conveyor cartridge that is removably coupled to a conveyor frame is provided. The conveyor cartridge comprises a cartridge frame, conveyor rollers, and a belt. The cartridge frame comprises a first side plate and an opposite second side plate, extended portions, and arcuate sloped surfaces. The first and second side plates delimit a direction of the conveyor cartridge transverse to a transport direction. Each extended portion is formed on a top surface of one of the first or second side plates and extends outward beyond the corresponding one of the first side plate and the second side plate in the direction transverse to the transport direction. The arcuate sloped surfaces are integrally formed on opposite end portions of the extended portions. The arcuate sloped surfaces are downwardly bowed on the opposite end portions to define a curved head portion and a curved tail portion for the extended portions.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A conveyor system comprising:

a conveyor frame with a first side rail and a second side rail;
a conveyor cartridge removably coupled with the first side rail and a second side rail of the conveyor frame, wherein the conveyor cartridge comprises:
a cartridge frame comprising:
a first side plate and an opposite second side plate that delimit a direction of the conveyor cartridge transverse to transport direction;
two extended portions, each extended portion integrally formed on a top surface of one of the first side plate or the second side plate and extending outwardly from the top surface of the corresponding one of the first side plate and the second side plate in the direction transverse to the transport direction;
and
arcuate sloped surfaces integrally formed on opposite end portions of each of the extended portions, wherein the arcuate sloped surfaces are downwardly bowed on the opposite end portions to define a curved head portion and a curved tail portion for the extended portions;
conveyor rollers rotatably mounted to axles and extending a conveyor roller width between the first side plate and the second side plate, wherein an axle of at least one of the conveyor rollers protrudes out through the first side plate and the second side plate;
and
a belt slidably engaged to the cartridge frame fully covering the conveyor rollers and extending beyond the conveyor rollers covering at least a portion of each of the extended portions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/946,772Filed 6 Apr 2018
Granted: 26 Mar 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B65G 15/60
Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other…:…
B65G 21/06
Consisting essentially of struts, ties, or like structural elements: constructed to facilitate rapid assembly or dismantling
B65G 21/22
Means incorporated in, or attached to, framework or housings for guiding load-carriers, traction elements or loads supported on moving surfaces:…
B65G 17/345
Having flat surfaces, e.g. platforms, grids, forks: the surfaces being equipped with a conveyor