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US 2021/0061573 A1Published application
Crowned roller with a grooved apex
AssigneeIntelligrated Headquarters, LLC
InventorsAnthony J. Turco, Matthew Ryan Otto, Jarl Nicholas Sebastian
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Abstract
A roller for a conveyor is described. The roller can have a first end, a second end, and a crown defined along a length of the roller between the first end and the second end. The crown of the roller includes a groove defined along an apex portion of the crown. The groove can support an O-ring and the crown can support a flat band mounted over the O-ring in the groove.
Claims20
A roller for a sortation conveyor comprising:
- a first end;
- a second end;
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- a plurality of crowns defined between the first end and the second end along a length of the roller, wherein each crown of the plurality of crowns comprises a groove defined along an apex portion of the respective crown and wherein the groove is configured to support an O-ring and the crown is configured to support a flat band over the O-ring in the groove to facilitate sortation of items by the sortation conveyor.
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A sortation conveyor system comprising:
- a roller bed of a sortation conveyor comprising a plurality of rollers, wherein a roller of the plurality of rollers comprises:
- a plurality of crowns and a plurality of uncrowned portions, wherein each crown of the plurality of crowns comprises a groove formed in an apex portion of the respective crown, wherein the plurality of crowns corresponds to a portion of the roller with an increased diameter relative to the plurality of uncrowned portions of the roller;
- a plurality of o-rings mounted around the roller, wherein each O-ring of the plurality of O-rings is mounted in the groove of the respective crown;
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- a plurality of flat bands mounted around a plurality of the rollers, wherein each flat band is in contact with an o-ring of the respective roller of the plurality of rollers to facilitate sortation of items by the sortation conveyor.
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A divert unit of a sortation conveyor comprising:
- a plurality of rollers mounted on a conveyor frame, the plurality of rollers defining a conveying surface of an item;
- a pop-up wheel configured to raise up from a first position to a second position towards the conveying surface to divert the item in a defined direction,
- a plurality of flat bands mounted around the plurality of rollers, wherein the plurality of rollers comprises, a roller comprising:
- a plurality of crowns defined on the roller, wherein each crown of the plurality of crowns comprises a groove formed in an apex portion of the respective crown, wherein each crown of the plurality of crowns corresponds to a portion of the roller with an increased diameter relative to an uncrowned portion of the roller;
- a plurality of o-rings mounted around the roller, wherein each O-ring of the plurality of O-rings is mounted in the groove of the respective crown;
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- a plurality of flat bands mounted around a plurality of the rollers, wherein each flat band is in contact with an o-ring of the respective roller of the plurality of rollers to facilitate sortation of items by the sortation conveyor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.