# US 10,766,707 B2 · Wheel roller having a log chain forging or a carrier link forging for an 88 series chain

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- Number: US 10,766,707 B2
- Document ID: US10766707B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/418,212
- Filed: 2019-05-21
- Published: 2019-12-05
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2018-06-04
- Assignees: Sonny's Enterprises, LLC
- Applicants: Sonny's Enterprises, LLC.
- Inventors: Paul Fazio; Anthony Analetto
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766707B2

## CPC

- B60S 3/004: {Conveyors for vehicle cleaning apparatus}
- B65G 17/24: comprising a series of rollers which are moved {, e.g. over a supporting surface, by the traction element to effect conveyance of loads or load-carriers}
- B65G 17/08: the surface being formed by the traction element
- B65G 17/40: Chains acting as load-carriers
- B65G 19/205: {for article conveyors, e.g. for container conveyors}
- B65G 19/225: {for article conveyors, e.g. for container conveyors (B65G19/24 takes precedence)}
- B65G 39/20: attached to moving belts or chains
- B65G 2201/0294: Vehicle bodies
- B60S: SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- 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

A wheel roller for a chain conveyor of an automated carwash has a more robust configuration due to a direction connection of the wheels to the carrier link. The wheel roller contains a carrier link forging having a main body with a carrier link formed as an unitary component, pins secured to the main body in a fixed, non-pivotable manner, and wheels attached to the pins.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A wheel roller, comprising:
a carrier link forging having a main body and a carrier link formed as a unitary component, said carrier link having a front end and a rear end and disposed below said main body, said main body having openings formed therein and extending completely through said main body, said main body having a front end extending past said front end of said carrier link and a rear end extending past said rear end of said carrier link;
pins disposed in said openings in said main body and fixed to said main body in a non-pivotable manner; and
wheels supported by said pins.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The wheel roller according to claim 1, wherein said main body has two said openings formed therein and one of said pins is disposed in each of said openings.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The wheel roller according to claim 2, wherein said carrier link forging has a sub-body disposed directly below said main body and above said carrier link, said sub-body is formed as a part of said unitary component.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The wheel roller according to claim 1, wherein said carrier link forging has a center of gravity disposed directly above said carrier link.

### Claim 5

A wheel roller, comprising:
a carrier link forging having a main body and a carrier link formed as a unitary component, said carrier link having a front end and a rear end and disposed below said main body, said main body having two openings formed therein and extending completely through said main body, said carrier link forging further having a sub-body disposed directly below said main body and above said carrier link, said sub-body is formed as a part of said unitary component, wherein said main body having a top surface with sides and said sides overlap said sub-body;
pins, one of said pins disposed in each of said openings in said main body and fixed to said main body in a non-pivotable manner; and
wheels supported by said pins.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The wheel roller according to claim 5, wherein said sides of said top surface each have a reinforcement which extends down over sides of said sub-body.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The wheel roller according to claim 6, wherein said openings run completely through said reinforcement and said sub-body.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The wheel roller according to claim 6, wherein said reinforcements each have two circular sub-reinforcement parts in which said openings are formed.

### Claim 9

A wheel roller, comprising:
a carrier link forging having a main body and a carrier link formed as a unitary component, said carrier link having a front end, a rear end, and a bottom and is disposed directly below said main body, said bottom of said carrier link being C-shaped with two opposing arms having a gap formed between said arms for linking to another carrier link forging, said main body having openings formed therein and extending completely through said main body;
pins disposed in said openings and secured to said main body in a fixed, non-pivotable manner;
wheels supported by said pins;
said carrier link having a first longitudinal extent;
said main body having a second longitudinal extent; and
said carrier link is disposed below said main body and the first longitudinal extent does not exceed boundaries of the second longitudinal extent and is within the boundaries of the second longitudinal extent.

### Claim 10

A wheel roller, comprising:
a carrier link forging having a main body and a carrier link formed as a unitary component, said carrier link having a front end and a rear end and disposed below said main body, said main body having openings formed therein and extending completely through said main body;
pins disposed in said openings in said main body and fixed to said main body in a non-pivotable manner;
wheels supported by said pins;
said carrier link further containing:
two spaced apart legs with openings formed therein and each having a front end and a rear end;
a link connecting housing having end sides, said link connecting housing disposed between inner sides of said legs and each of said end sides respectively connected to said rear end of one of said legs; and
said front end of said legs together defining a pocket for receiving a rear end of an adjacent carrier link.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The wheel roller according to claim 10, further comprising horizontal webs connected between one of said legs and said sub-body.

### Claim 12

A wheel roller, comprising:
a carrier link forging having a main body and a carrier link formed as a unitary component, said carrier link having a front end, a rear end, and a bottom and is disposed directly below said main body, said bottom of said carrier link being C-shaped with two opposing arms having a gap formed between said arms for linking to another carrier link forging, said main body having openings formed therein and extending completely through said main body, said main body having an underside with a recessed pocket formed therein for receiving said carrier link;
pins disposed in said openings and secured to said main body in a fixed, non-pivotable manner; and
wheels supported by said pins.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The wheel roller according to claim 12, wherein:
said carrier link has a first length L1,
said main body has a second length L2;
wherein a ratio of L2/L1 is less than 1.5.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The wheel roller according to claim 12, wherein main body has sides which overlap and extend along sides of said carrier link.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The wheel roller according to claim 14, wherein each of said sides of said main body has a front circular shaped reinforcement and a rear circular reinforcement, said front and rear circular shaped reinforcements have said openings running completely through said front and rear circular shaped reinforcements.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The wheel roller according to claim 15, wherein said front and rear circular shaped reinforcements are each directly disposed above one of said arms of said carrier link.

### Claim 17 (depends on 12)

The wheel roller according to claim 12, wherein said carrier link forging has a center of gravity disposed directly above said carrier link.