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US 2018/0244472 A1Published application
Conveyor assembly with offset bearings
AssigneeLaitram, L.L.C.
InventorsGilbert J. MacLachlan, David C. Weiser
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Abstract
A noseroller assembly for transitioning a conveyor belt at an end of a carryway comprises offset bearings for guiding a conveyor belt. A first set of bearings protrudes slightly from the end of the noseroller substrate to guide the conveyor belt around the noseroller and a second set of bearings in recessed from the end of the noseroller substrate to prevent wear.
Claims17
A noseroller assembly for transitioning a conveyor belt at an end of a carryway, comprising:
- a substrate having a rounded front edge;
- a first set of bearings rotatably mounted to the base and aligned along a first axis;
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- a second set of bearings rotatably mounted to the base and aligned along a second axis spaced from the first axis.
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A noseroller assembly, comprising:
- a substrate having a rounded front edge;
- a first opening in the substrate for rotatably mounting a bearing;
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- a first bearing mounted in the first opening such that the front surface of the first bearing is recessed from the rounded front edge.
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A noseroller assembly for a conveyor belt, comprising:
- a first bearing module having an upper surface, a first side edge, a second side edge, a rounded front edge, a rear edge, a bottom and an opening in the upper surface for receiving a bearing;
- a first bearing mounted in the opening of the first bearing module;
- a second bearing module adjacent the first bearing module having an upper surface, a first side edge adjacent the second side edge of the first bearing module, a second side edge, a rounded front edge, a rear edge, a bottom and an opening in the upper surface for receiving a bearing;
- a second bearing mounted in the opening of the second module;
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- a connector for connecting the first bearing module and the second bearing module so that the rounded front edges align with each other.
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A conveyor belt module, comprising:
- a module body extending from a top surface to a bottom surface, laterally from a first side edge to a second side edge and longitudinally from a first end to a second end;
- a plurality of spaced-apart hinge elements extending from the first end and the second end;
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- a plurality of bearing pockets formed in the bottom surface for accommodating a noseroller assembly having bearings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.