Versaroll overhead conveyor system
AssigneeProgressive Tool & Industries Co.
InventorVelibor Kilabarda
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Abstract
An overhead conveyor or transport system is disclosed where at least one carriage is supported on a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted in fixed overhead locations spaced along a path of travel. At least one motor is provided for driving a portion of the plurality of rollers in rotation along at least one segment of the path of travel. Each carriage has at least one elongate support member operably engagable with the rollers for movement along the path of travel in response to rotation of the rollers. The elongate support member is continuously engagable with at least two rollers simultaneously while the corresponding carriage is moved along the path of travel. Each carriage or carrier hangs downwardly below the rotational axis of the overhead rollers.
Claims20
An overhead conveyor system comprising:
- a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted in fixed overhead locations spaced along a path of travel;
- at least one motor for driving the plurality of rollers in rotation;
- and
- at least one carriage supported on the rollers for movement along the path of travel in response to rotation of the rollers, each carriage having at least one elongate support member continuously engageable with at least two rollers simultaneously while the corresponding carriage moves along the path of travel.
An overhead conveyor system comprising:
- a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted along a path of travel;
- and
- an elongate support member continuously engageable with at least two rollers and moveable along the path of travel in response to rotation of at least one of the plurality of rollers.
The system of 9 wherein in the at least one motor further comprises:
- a plurality of motors, each of the plurality of motors positionable along the path of travel for selectively driving at least one of the plurality of rollers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.