Method and apparatus for repairing conveyor chain
AssigneeFrost Tech LLC
InventorsCharles C. Frost, Charles J. Deschaine, Keith Miller
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for repairing overhead conveyor chain by removing a section of track, locating a mobile repair station under the exposed track, and effecting the needed repair on the chain by cycling the intact chain past the mobile repair station and repairing it as it passes. Repair embodiments include re-swaging and repair, replacement or rotation of chain links.
Claims21
A method for repairing overhead conveyor chain carried on an overhead track comprising:
- removing a section of track from said overhead track, thereby leaving a portion of said chain exposed;
- locating a repair station adjacent said exposed chain;
- and effecting the needed repairs on the chain by cycling said chain past the mobile repair station and repairing it as it passes.
An apparatus for repairing conveyor chains comprising:
- a repair unit including a track for temporarily supporting a portion of chain to be repaired;
- a slide;
- said repair unit being slideably mounted on said slide, whereby said repair unit can be slid left or right on said slide to more precisely align said repair unit with said portion of said chain to be repaired.
An apparatus for repairing conveyor chains comprising:
- a repair track for supporting chain to be repaired;
- said repair track including an opening which allows access to a portion of said chain to be repaired.
A method for repairing conveyor chain of the type carried on a supporting track by load bearing wheels which include an inner race fixed to a wheel axel by swaging, said method comprising;
- re-swaging said wheels when said inner race has become loosened from said wheel axel, by placing a wheel between an anvil and a punch and activating said punch to re-swage said connection between said axel and said inner race.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.