Roller configured to support a rotary milking platform
AssigneeDeLaval Holding AB
InventorWalenty Kalempa
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Abstract
A roller is provided that is configured to support of a rotary platform. The roller includes at least one side flange including an inner surface, a rolling surface to be in contact with a flat running surface of an upper rail member fixedly connected to the rotary platform and a flat running surface of a lower rail member stationary arranged. The roller includes a circumferential recess connecting the rolling surface to the inner surface of the side flange and that the circumferential recess has a depth such that the flat running surfaces of the upper rail member and the lower rail members are out of contact with a bottom surface of the circumferential recess at a potential angle deviation between the flat running surfaces of the rail members and a rotation axis of the roller.
Claims17
A roller configured to support a rotary platform, the roller comprising:
- at least one side flange comprising
- an inner surface,
- a rolling surface configured to be in contact with a flat running surface of an upper rail member fixedly connected to the rotary platform and a flat running surface of a stationary lower rail member;
- and
- at least one circumferential recess connecting the rolling surface to the inner surface of the side flange, the at least one circumferential recess having a depth and being configured such that a bottom surface of the at least one circumferential recess is out of contact with the flat running surfaces of the upper and lower rail members at an angle deviation between the flat running surfaces of the upper and lower rail members and a rotation axis of the roller, when the rolling surface is in contact with the flat running surfaces of the upper rail member and the stationary lower rail member.
A roller configured to support a rotary platform, the roller comprising:
- at least one side flange comprising
- an inner surface,
- a rolling surface configured to be in contact with a flat running surface of an upper rail member fixedly connected to the rotary platform and a flat running surface of a stationary lower rail member;
- and
- at least one circumferential recess connecting the rolling surface to the inner surface of the side flange, the at least one circumferential recess having a depth in relation to the rolling surface and being configured to receive the flat running surfaces of the upper and lower rail members within the at least one circumferential recess without the flat running surfaces contacting a bottom surface of the at least one circumferential recess at an angle deviation between the flat running surfaces of the upper and lower rail members and a rotation axis of the roller, such that side surfaces of the upper rail member and the lower rail member are prevented from coming in contact with the inner surface of the at least one side flange, when the rolling surface is in contact with the flat running surfaces of the upper rail member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.