Multi Part Sprocket Wheel
AssigneeUltimade ApS
InventorKenneth Westergaard Andersen
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Abstract
Multipart sprocket wheel adapted to engage modular belt modules in a conveyor belt, where said multipart sprocket wheel comprises:—two or more periphery elements, each element having an outer and and inner edge, where sprocket teeth are provided on the outer edge, and where the inner edge has an engagement surface, and where each element has means for being fastened to and adjacent periphery element, such that the two or more periphery elements outer edges forms a full circle;—one or more adapter members where each of said adapter members has an outer and an inner face, said outer face suitable to firmly engage the inner edge of one or more periphery elements, and said inner face adapted to engage a conveyor drive axle.
Claims8
Multi part sprocket wheel (1) adapted to engage modular belt modules in a conveyor belt, where said multi part sprocket wheel (1) comprises:
- two or more periphery elements (10,11), each periphery element (10,11) having an outer edge (13) and inner edge (12), where sprocket teeth (15) are provided on the outer edge (13), and where the inner edge (12) has an engagement surface, and where each periphery element (10,11) has means (16,16′) for being fastened to and adjacent periphery element (10,11), such that the two or more periphery elements' outer edges (13) forms a full circle;
- one or more adapter members (20,21) where each of said adapter members (20,21) has an outer face (17) and an inner face, said outer face (17) being suitable to firmly engage the inner edge (12) of one or more periphery elements (10,11), and said inner face (12) is adapted to engage a conveyor drive axle wherein the sprocket teeth (15) are arranged in a common plane, and that the one or more adapter members (20,21) extends in a direction orthogonal to the common plane of the sprocket teeth (15), optionally on both sides of said common plane, and where the extend (a1,a2) corresponds to half the desired distance in use between adjacent sprocket wheels, when mounted on a drive axle (31,32).
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