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US 11,884,492 B2Granted
Product containment guard for a conveyor
AssigneeLaitram, L.L.C.
InventorDavid A. Kokx
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Abstract
A conveyor employs an adjustable product containment guard adjacent to a carryway for containing product on the carryway. The product containment guard is mounted to an end plate that includes multiple seats for moving the product containment guard between different positions.
Claims15
An assembly for a conveyor, comprising:
- a conveyor frame for supporting a conveyor belt;
- a carryway for the conveyor belt extending in a longitudinal direction;
- a product containment guard on a side of the carryway, the product containment guard comprising a longitudinal containment rail extending adjacent to a first edge of the carryway for containing product on the carryway, a vertical support rail connected to the longitudinal containment rail, an upper mounting rail extending perpendicular to the vertical support rail in a longitudinal direction and a lower mounting rail below the upper mounting rail and extending in the longitudinal direction;
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- a mounting component for mounting the product containment guard to the conveyor frame, the mounting component comprising
- a lateral rail connected to the conveyor frame;
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- an end plate having an upper surface including a first open recess and a second open recess laterally outward of the first open recess for receiving a narrow neck of the upper mounting rail and a vertical slot below the first open recess for receiving the lower mounting rail.
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An assembly for a conveyor, comprising:
- a conveyor frame for supporting a conveyor belt;
- a carryway for the conveyor belt;
- an end plate connected to the conveyor frame for mounting a product containment guard, comprising a first open recess in a top wall and an elongated slot below the first open recess;
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- a second open recess in the top wall laterally outward of the first open recess.
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A product containment guard for containing product on a conveyor comprising:
- a longitudinal containment rail configured to be placed adjacent to an edge of the conveyor carryway;
- a vertical support rail connected and extending down relative to the longitudinal containment rail;
- an upper mounting rail extending in the longitudinal direction from the vertical support rail and having a narrow neck to form a circumferential channel separating an end face of the upper mounting rail from the body of the rail;
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- a lower mounting rail extending below and parallel to the upper mounting rail, wherein the lower mounting rail comprises an obround-shaped end knob.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.