Conveyor idler assembly

A conveyor idler assembly for supporting a conveyor belt, said idler assembly comprising a support frame, said support frame including at least one elongated longitudinally curved support beam, and a plurality of idler cassettes, each said idler cassette including a cradle and an idler roller rotatably supported on said cradle, said cradle being mounted to said support beam for slidable movement therealong, and wherein the curvature of said support beam determines the orientation of said rollers of respective idler cassettes relative to each other and thereby the cross sectional profile of a said conveyor belt supported by said rollers.

A support frame for one or more conveyor idler cassettes, each said cassette including a cradle rotatably supporting at least one idler roll, said support frame including an elongated support beam, said one or more cassettes being adapted to be mounted to said support beam for slidable movement therealong with said roller or rollers extending longitudinally relative to said support beam, and wherein said support beam is longitudinally curved to thereby determine the orientation of said roller of a said idler cassette on said support beam.

A conveyor assembly comprising a plurality of conveyor idler assemblies and a conveyor belt supported on said conveyor idler assemblies, each said idler assembly comprising a support frame, said support frame including at least one elongated longitudinally curved support beam, and at least one idler cassette, said idler cassette including a cradle and an idler roller rotatably supporting on said cradle, said cradle being mounted to said support beam for slidable movement therealong and wherein the curvature of said support beam defines the orientation of said roller of said cassette.