# US 2016/0257500 A1 · Conveyor roller and conveyor system with moisture protection > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0257500 A1 - Document ID: US20160257500A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/028,073 - Filed: 2014-10-10 - Published: 2016-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2013-10-11 - Assignees: TGW Mechanics GmbH - Applicants: Tgw Mechanics GmbH - Inventors: Josef REISCHL - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160257500A1 ## CPC - B65G 39/09: Arrangements of bearing or sealing means - B65G 13/06: Roller driving means - B65G 13/11: Roller frames - B65G 23/08: with self-contained driving mechanisms, e.g. motors and associated gearing - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) ## Abstract Disclosed is a conveyor roller (1) which comprises a shaft (2), a roller body (3) which is mounted such that it can be rotated about the shaft (2), and a protective cap (4). The protective cap (4) has a disk-shaped first section (5) for covering the interior of the roller body (3), which is arranged fixedly with respect to the shaft (2) and is oriented normally with respect thereto, and a channel-like or roof-like second section (6) which is arranged obliquely with respect to the shaft (2) and runs over a part length of the roller body (3) such that it is spaced apart radially from the latter. Furthermore, a conveyor system (12) with a conveyor roller (1) is disclosed, in which conveyor system a connecting cable (7) of the conveyor roller (1) is run in a curve or a loop to an electrical interface (8, 17) with a connector box (15) of the conveyor system (12), wherein the lowest point of the curve/the loop is located below said interface (8, 17). ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-14. (canceled) ### Claim 15 Conveyor roller (1), comprising a shaft (2) and a roller body (3) mounted so as to be rotatable about the shaft (2), a motor for driving the roller body (3) disposed in the roller body (3) and a protective cap (4), which protective cap (4) comprises a disk-shaped first portion (5) for covering the interior of the roller body (3), which is disposed fixedly relative to the shaft (2) and oriented normally thereto, wherein a connecting cable (7) is provided, Which is connected to the motor by a first end and is threaded through an orifice provided in the protective cap (4), and a channel-like or roof-like second section (6) comprising the protective cap (4) is disposed at an angle with respect to the shaft (2) and extends across a part length of the roller body (3) spaced radially at a distance apart therefrom and the second section (6) comprises a laying device and/or fixing device, in particular a groove (9), in which the connecting cable (7) is laid/fixed. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) Conveyor roller (1) according to claim 15, wherein the second section (6) extends underneath the roller body (3) when the conveyor roller (1) is in the mounted position. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) Conveyor roller (1) according to claim 15, wherein the laying device and/or fixing device is disposed on the bottom of the second section (6), and in particular the groove (9) is open towards the bottom when the conveyor roller (1) is in the mounted position. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) Conveyor system (12), comprising a conveyor roller (1) according to claim 15, comprising two frame profiles (13) extending at a distance apart between which the conveyor roller (1) is disposed, a power supply and/or data line (14) running along a frame profile (13) and a connector box (15) disposed on the frame profile (13) which is electrically connected to the power supply and/or data line (14) and to the connecting Cable (7) of the conveyor roller (1). ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) Conveyor system (12) according to claim 18, wherein an electrical interface (8, 17) between the connecting cable (7) and connector box (15) has a disposed underneath the channel-like or roof-like second section (6) of the protective cap (4). ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) Conveyor system (12) according to claim 18, wherein the connector box (15) has a roof-like projection (16) and the electrical interface (8, 17) between the connecting cable (7) and connector box (15) is disposed underneath said projection (16). ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) Conveyor system (12) according to claim 20, wherein said projection (16) of the connector box (15) is disposed underneath the channel-like or roof-like second section (6) of the protective cap (4). ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) Conveyer system (12) according to claim 19, wherein the electrical interface (8, 17) between the connecting cable (7) and connector box (15) is provided in the form of a plug and socket connection. ### Claim 23 (depends on 18) Conveyor system (12) according to claim 18, wherein the connecting cable (7) is run in a curve or a loop to the electrical interface (8, 17) of the connector box (15) and the lowest point of the curve/loop lies underneath said interface (8, 17). ### Claim 24 Conveyor system (12), comprising a conveyor roller (1) having a shaft, a roller body (3) mounted so as to be rotatable about the shaft (2), a motor for driving the roller body (3) disposed in the roller body (3), a protective cap (4) and a connecting cable (7) running out of the roller body (3) and electrically connected to the motor, and the protective can (4) comprises a disk-shaped first section (5) for covering the interior of the roller body (3), which is disposed fixedly relative to the shaft and oriented normally thereto, and a channel-like or roof-like second section (6) which is disposed at an angle with respect to the shaft (2) and extends across a part length of the roller body (3) spaced radially at a distance apart therefrom two frame profiles (13) extending at a distance apart between which the conveyor roller (1) is disposed, a power supply and/or data line (14) running along a frame profile (13) and a connector box (15) disposed on the frame profile (13) which is electrically connected to the power supply and/or data line (14) and to the connecting cable (7) and which is disposed underneath the roof-like second portion (6) of the protective cap (4), the connecting cable (7) is provided with a plug (8) or socket (17) at one end and the connecting cable (7) is run in a curve or a loop to a socket (17) or a plug (8) on the connector box (15), and the plug/socket connection forms an electrical interface (8, 17), and the lowest point of the curve/loop lies underneath said interface (8, 17) wherein the connector box (15) comprises a roof-like projection (16) and the electrical interface (8, 17) between the connecting cable (7) and connector box (5) is disposed underneath the roof-like projection.