Chain reconditioning devices and methods
AssigneeDFA Dairy Brands IP, LLC
InventorLarry Sewell
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Abstract
A device is adapted to be coupled to a conveyor system and recondition at least one chain of the conveyor system. The device includes a base and at least one attachment element coupled to the base. The attachment element is adapted to detachably couple the device to the conveyor system. At least one reconditioning element is coupled to the base, and the reconditioning element is adapted to engage and recondition the chain as the chain moves relative to the reconditioning element. At least one biasing element is coupled to the reconditioning element, and the biasing element urges the reconditioning element away from the base and into engagement with the chain.
Claims11
A device adapted to be coupled to a conveyor system and recondition a chain of the conveyor system, the device comprising:
- a base;
- at least one attachment element coupled to the base, the attachment element configured to detachably couple the device to the conveyor system;
- at least one reconditioning element coupled to the base, the reconditioning element configured to engage and recondition the chain as the chain moves relative to the reconditioning element;
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- a means for storing energy upon being compressed and for releasing energy upon expansion, wherein the means for storing energy upon being compressed and for releasing energy upon expansion is coupled to the reconditioning element and urges the reconditioning element away from the base and into engagement with the chain.
A device adapted to be coupled to a conveyor system and recondition at least one chain of the conveyor system, the device comprising:
- a base;
- at least one reconditioning element coupled to the base, the reconditioning element being adapted to engage and recondition the chain as the chain moves relative to the reconditioning element;
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- a means for storing energy upon being compressed and for releasing energy upon expansion coupled to the reconditioning element, the means for storing energy upon being compressed and for releasing energy upon expansion urging the reconditioning element linearly away from the base and into engagement with the chain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.