# US 10,479,614 B2 · Roller conveyor jam break tool > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,479,614 B2 - Document ID: US10479614B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/135,475 - Filed: 2018-09-19 - Published: 2019-03-21 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-09-20 - Assignees: Globe Composite Solutions, Ltd. - Applicants: Globe Composite Solutions, Ltd. - Inventors: Brian Charles Evans - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479614B2 ## CPC - B65G 45/00: Lubricating, cleaning, or clearing devices - B65G 13/00: Roller-ways (storage devices comprising roller-ways B65G1/02; endless-chain conveyors comprising load-supporting rollers B65G17/00; rollers or arrangements thereof B65G39/00) - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) ## Abstract The invention relates to a roller conveyor jam break tool having a molded head member that is configured to clear a conveyor jam without the risk of the head member falling between two adjacent rollers and becoming lodged between those adjacent rollers. The molded head member is constructed of a lightweight durable, polymeric material, and the molded head member can be integrally fabricated with or selectively attached to a terminal end of an elongate handle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A roller conveyor jam break tool configured to clear jams along a conveyor, said conveyor having a plurality of spaced individually rotatable rollers, said tool comprising: a unitary head member formed from lightweight durable, polymeric material; said head member comprising an upper portion, a lower portion, and an upright blade extending from said upper portion to said lower portion; said lower portion of said head member having a thickness greater than a distance between two adjacent conveyor rollers of said conveyor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1 wherein said blade is arcuate in shape from said upper portion to said lower portion of said head member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The tool of claim 2 wherein said blade forms a concave arc from said upper portion to said lower portion of said head member or forms a convex arc from said upper portion to said lower portion of said head member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1 wherein said lower portion of said head member comprises an enlarged protuberance. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The tool of claim 4 wherein said protuberance is on a front face of said blade, on a rear face of said blade, or on both said front face and said rear face of said blade. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1 wherein said upper end of said blade has a thickness less than said thickness of said lower portion of said head member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The tool of claim 6 wherein said blade tapers from a narrower thickness to a larger thickness at a terminus of said blade. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The tool of claim 7 wherein said terminus of said blade is flat. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1 wherein said polymeric material comprises a thermoplastic polymeric material, a thermosetting polymeric material, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The tool of claim 9 wherein said polymeric material is selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, polyurethanes, phenolics, polystyrenes, polyamides, polyesters, polysulfones, poly(ether ether ketones), polyetherimides, polypropylenes, polyethylenes, polycarbonates, polyvinylchlorides, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene/polycarbonate (ABS/PC), polycarbonate (PC), thermoplastic urethane elastomers (TPU), or combinations thereof. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1 further comprising a handle receptacle longitudinally extending from a rear face of said blade. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The tool of claim 11 further comprising a handle having an upper terminal end with a grip and a lower terminal end seated in said handle receptacle of said head member. ### Claim 13 A roller conveyor jam break tool configured to clear jams on a conveyor, said tool comprising: a handle having an upper terminal end and a lower terminal end; and a molded head member constructed of a polymeric material; said head member attached to said lower terminal end of said handle; said head member further comprising a blade extending from said upper portion to a lower portion of said head member; wherein said lower portion of said head member has a thickness greater than a distance between two adjacent conveyor rollers of said conveyor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The tool of claim 13 wherein said handle is an elongate handle with a grip on said upper terminal end. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The tool of claim 13 wherein said head member further comprises an upper portion having a handle receptacle configured to accommodate a length of said lower terminal end of said handle. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The tool of claim 15 wherein an outer diameter of said lower terminal end of said handle and an inner diameter of said handle receptacle of said molded head member having mating annular or polygonal profiles. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The tool of claim 15 further comprising a locking member for retaining said lower terminal end of said handle within said handle receptacle of said head member. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The tool of claim 17 wherein said lower terminal end of said handle and said handle receptacle of said molded head member each have aligned mounting holes for receipt of said locking member. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The tool of claim 13 wherein said handle is integrally fabricated with said molded head member to form a unitary roller conveyor jam break tool. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The tool of claim 13 wherein said blade is arcuate in shape from said upper portion to said lower portion of said head member. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The tool of claim 20 wherein said blade forms a concave arc from said upper portion to said lower portion of said head member or forms a convex arc from said upper portion to said lower portion of said head member. ### Claim 22 (depends on 13) The tool of claim 13 wherein said lower portion of said head member comprises an enlarged protuberance. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The tool of claim 22 wherein said protuberance is on a front face of said blade, on a rear face of said blade, or on both said front face and said rear face of said blade. ### Claim 24 (depends on 22) The tool of claim 22 wherein said blade tapers from a narrower thickness to a larger thickness at a terminus of said blade. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The tool of claim 24 wherein said terminus of said blade is flat. ### Claim 26 (depends on 13) The tool of claim 13 wherein said polymeric material of said molded head member comprises a thermoplastic polymeric material, a thermosetting polymeric material, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The tool of claim 26 wherein said polymeric material is selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, polyurethanes, phenolics, polystyrenes, polyamides, polyesters, polysulfones, poly(ether ether ketones), polyetherimides, polypropylenes, polyethylenes, polycarbonates, polyvinylchlorides, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene/polycarbonate (ABS/PC), polycarbonate (PC), thermoplastic urethane elastomers (TPU), or combinations thereof. ### Claim 28 A roller conveyor jam break tool configured to clear jams on a conveyor, said tool comprising: an elongate handle having an upper terminal end and a lower terminal end; and a molded head member constructed of a polymeric material; said head member attached to said lower terminal end of said handle; said head member further comprising a blade extending from said upper portion to a lower portion of said head member; said blade being arcuate in shape from said upper portion to said lower portion of said head member; said blade having a concave arc that curves toward said elongate handle; said lower portion of said head member comprising an enlarged protuberance having a thickness greater than a distance between two adjacent conveyor rollers of said conveyor. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The tool of claim 28 wherein said protuberance is on a front face of said blade, on a rear face of said blade, or on both said front face and said rear face of said blade. ### Claim 30 (depends on 28) The tool of claim 28 wherein said head member further comprises an upper portion having a handle receptacle configured to accommodate a length of said lower terminal end of said handle. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The tool of claim 30 wherein an outer diameter of said lower terminal end of said handle and an inner diameter of said handle receptacle of said molded head member having mating annular or polygonal profiles. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) The tool of claim 31 further comprising a locking member for retaining said lower terminal end of said handle within said handle receptacle of said head member. ### Claim 33 (depends on 32) The tool of claim 32 wherein said lower terminal end of said handle and said handle receptacle of said molded head member each have aligned mounting holes for receipt of said locking member. ### Claim 34 (depends on 28) The tool of claim 28 wherein said handle is integrally fabricated with said molded head member to form a unitary roller conveyor jam break tool. ### Claim 35 (depends on 28) The tool of claim 28 wherein said blade tapers from a narrower thickness to a larger thickness at a terminus of said blade. ### Claim 36 (depends on 35) The tool of claim 35 wherein said terminus of said blade is flat. ### Claim 37 (depends on 28) The tool of claim 28 wherein said polymeric material of said molded head member comprises a thermoplastic polymeric material, a thermosetting polymeric material, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 38 (depends on 37) The tool of claim 37 wherein said polymeric material is selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, polyurethanes, phenolics, polystyrenes, polyamides, polyesters, polysulfones, poly(ether ether ketones), polyetherimides, polypropylenes, polyethylenes, polycarbonates, polyvinylchlorides, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene/polycarbonate (ABS/PC), polycarbonate (PC), thermoplastic urethane elastomers (TPU), or combinations thereof.