Infeed and outfeed assemblies for a conveyor
AssigneeLaitram, L.L.C.
InventorsMichael Hendrik DeGroot, Gerko Hulshof, Philipp J. Hortig, Matthew A. Steenwyk, Jeff Batchelder
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Abstract
A conveyor employs an infeed assembly and outfeed assembly, each comprising a nosebar assembly that may be mounted to a conveyor frame to transition a conveyor belt between a returnway and a carryway. The outfeed assembly further includes a drive sprocket and a limiter to ensure engagement of drive elements on the conveyor belt with the drive sprockets. A limiter plate ensures proper placement of the limiter relative to the drive sprocket. The infeed assembly and outfeed assembly components may be easily mounted to and removed from the conveyor frame to facilitate replacement, cleaning or maintenance.
Claims20
An outfeed portion of a conveyor, comprising:
- a pair of opposing side plates, each side plate comprising a protrusion for mounting a belt-guiding assembly and a receptacle for a drive shaft;
- a belt-guiding assembly mounted between the pair of opposing side plates using the protrusion and comprising a rotatable nosebar for guiding a conveyor belt between a carryway and a returnway;
- a drive mounted on a drive shaft that is seated in the receptacles and extends between the opposing side plates below the belt-guiding assembly;
- a limiter plate having a top end that engages the drive shaft;
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- a roller limiter mounted to the limiter plate a fixed distance away from the drive shaft to ensure engagement of the conveyor belt with the drive shaft.
An outfeed portion of a conveyor, comprising:
- a pair of opposing side plates, each side plate comprising a receptacle for a drive shaft and an opening below the receptacle for mounting a limiter plate;
- a drive for a conveyor belt mounted on a drive shaft extending between the opposing side plates and seated in the receptacles;
- a limiter plate having a top end that engages the drive shaft and a lower end for mounting a roller limiter;
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- a roller limiter mounted to the limiter plate a fixed distance away from the drive shaft to ensure engagement of the conveyor belt with the drive shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.