Workpiece support for a transfer chain
AssigneeNorthern Plastics Ltd.
InventorsDeane R. Henderson, Bruce Gordon Halverson, William R. Newnes
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Abstract
A workpiece support mountable onto a workpiece conveyor, the support including a rigid vertically upstanding member, which is vertical when mounted onto an upper-most surface of the workpiece conveyor, and a cap mounted onto the upstanding member. The cap includes a housing defining a cavity. The housing is substantially entirely sealed around the cavity so as to inhibit detritus entering the cavity. The cavity has an opening at a lower-most end thereof. The opening is for snug mounting of the cap onto the upstanding member when the upstanding member is journalled snugly in the cavity.
Claims17
A workpiece support mountable onto a workpiece conveyor, the support comprising:
- a rigid vertically upstanding member, vertical when mounted onto an upper-most surface of a workpiece conveyor,
- a cap mounted onto said upstanding member,
- wherein said cap includes a housing defining a cavity and wherein said housing is substantially entirely sealed around said cavity so as to inhibit detritus entering said cavity with the exception that said cavity has an opening therein at a lower-most end thereof, said opening for snug mounting of said cap onto said upstanding member, said upstanding member journalled snugly in said cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.