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AssigneeMartin Engineering Company
InventorsPaul B. Harrison, Andrew Timmerman
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An autonomous tensioner system that is coupled to a conveyor belt scraper includes a motor that generates a first drive torque and a gearing assembly coupled to the motor such that the gearing assembly is actuated in response to the motor generating the first drive torque. The gearing assembly generates a second drive torque in response to receiving the initial drive torque generated by the motor and the second drive torque is greater than the first drive torque. The autonomous tensioner system includes an output member coupled to the gearing assembly and the conveyor belt scraper. The output member receives the second drive torque from the gearing assembly and rotates in response, thereby generating a rotational torque. The conveyor belt scraper receives the rotational torque from the output member and simultaneously moves at a torque greater than the first drive torque generated by the motor.
An autonomous tensioner system coupled to a conveyor belt scraper, comprising:
An autonomous tensioner for a conveyor belt scraper coupled to a conveyor belt, comprising:
A method of autonomously applying torsion to a conveyor belt scraper with a tensioner system, with the conveyor belt scraper coupled to a conveyor belt, the method comprising:
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