High-release driven conveyor roller
AssigneeRalphs-Pugh Co., Inc.
InventorsGlen Langstaff, Casey Pugh, Mike Tripp
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Abstract
A conveyor roller may include a roller body, the roller body comprising a metal tube having an inner surface and an outer surface. A conveyor roller may include a roller shaft for supporting the roller body. A conveyor roller may include a bearing assembly coupled with the inner surface of the roller body, the bearing assembly configured to facilitate rotation of the roller body around the roller shaft, wherein the outer surface of the roller body is coated with a high-release coating configured to reduce adhesion of loose package labels to the roller body.
Claims17
A conveyor roller comprising:
- a roller body, the roller body comprising a metal tube having an inner surface and an outer surface;
- a roller shaft for supporting the roller body;
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- a bearing assembly coupled with the inner surface of the roller body, the bearing assembly configured to facilitate rotation of the roller body around the roller shaft;
- wherein a high-release coating is baked onto the outer surface of the roller body, the high-release coating is configured to reduce adhesion of loose package labels to the roller body, and the high-release coating baked onto the outer surface of the roller body allows the roller body to be swedged over the bearing assembly using standard production processes without damaging the high-release coating.
An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of conveyor rollers, each conveyor roller comprising:
- a roller body, the roller body comprising a metal tube having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein a high-release coating is baked onto the outer surface of the roller body to reduce adhesion of loose package labels to the roller body;
- a roller shaft for supporting the roller body;
- and
- a bearing assembly coupled with the inner surface of the roller body, the bearing assembly configured to facilitate rotation of the roller body around the roller shaft, wherein the high-release coating baked onto the outer surface of the roller body allows the roller body to be swedged over the bearing assembly using standard production processes without damaging the high-release coating;
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- a conveyor frame configured to receive the plurality of conveyor rollers, the plurality of conveyor rollers configured to rotate relative to the conveyor frame.
A method comprising:
- providing a roller body;
- preparing an outer surface of the roller body to receive a high-release coating, wherein preparing the outer surface of the roller body comprises:
- cleaning the outer surface of the roller body;
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- media blasting the outer surface of the roller body;
- applying the high-release coating to the outer surface of the roller body in a single pass;
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- curing the high-release coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.