Conveyor belt guide
AssigneeBrandt Industries Ltd.
InventorsMarc Eberle, Bradley Zazula
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Abstract
A belt guide apparatus for attachment to a belt conveyor comprises top and bottom plates. Walls extend between the top and bottom plates. The plates and walls form a belt envelope that defines a belt opening that substantially corresponds to a cross-section of the endless belt such that the endless belt can slide freely through the belt opening yet is substantially prevented from moving laterally or vertically. A front entrance of the belt envelope is configured to funnel the endless belt into the belt opening, and when attached to the belt conveyor the belt envelope is oriented such that the right and left walls are aligned with a desired path of the endless belt, and the endless belt passes through the belt opening.
Claims20
A belt guide apparatus adapted for attachment to a belt conveyor comprising an endless belt with a conveying run and a return run, the apparatus comprising:
- right and left top plates;
- right and left bottom plates;
- a right wall extending between the right top plate and the right bottom plate;
- and
- a left wall extending between the left top plate and the left bottom plate;
- wherein the right and left top plates, right and left bottom plates, and right and left walls form a belt envelope that defines a belt opening that substantially corresponds to a cross-section of the endless belt such that the endless belt can slide freely through the belt opening yet is substantially prevented from moving laterally or vertically;
- wherein a front entrance of the belt envelope is configured to funnel the endless belt into the belt opening;
- and
- wherein the belt envelope, when attached to the belt conveyor, is oriented such the right and left walls are aligned with a desired path of the endless belt, and the endless belt passes through the belt opening.
A belt conveyor comprising:
- front and rear end rollers mounted on a frame, and an endless belt mounted on the end rollers and driven such that a top conveying run of the endless belt moves from the front roller toward the rear roller along a top of the frame, and a bottom return run of the endless belt moves from the rear roller toward the front roller along a bottom of the frame;
- at least one belt guide comprising:
- right and left top plates;
- right and left bottom plates;
- a right wall extending between the right top plate and the right bottom plate;
- and
- a left wall extending between the left top plate and the left bottom plate;
- wherein the right and left top plates, right and left bottom plates, and right and left walls form a belt envelope that defines a belt opening that substantially corresponds to a cross-section of the endless belt such that the endless belt can slide freely through the belt opening yet is substantially prevented from moving laterally or vertically;
- and
- wherein a front entrance of the belt envelope is configured to funnel the endless belt into the belt opening;
- wherein the at least one belt guide is mounted on the frame such the right and left walls are aligned with a desired path of the bottom return run of the endless belt, and such that the bottom return run of the endless belt passes through the belt opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.