Mount for adjustable conveyor belt guiderail and related methods
AssigneeSpan Tech LLC
InventorsAaron COTTON, Carlos ZILZER
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Abstract
An apparatus for supporting a guiderail for guiding one or more articles conveyed along a conveyor having a conveying path in a conveying direction and method for adjusting the guiderail. The apparatus includes at least one support rail extending along 2024/059172 an arcuate section of the conveying path. A movable support is mounted to the at least one support rail for supporting and adjusting a position of the guiderail relative to the conveyor in a direction transverse to the conveying direction. The at least one support rail includes at least one linearly straight section extending along the arcuate section of the conveying path.
Claims24
An apparatus for supporting a guiderail for guiding one or more articles conveyed in a conveying direction along a conveying path of a conveyor, comprising:
- at least one support rail extending along an arcuate portion of the conveying path, the at least one support rail comprising at least one linearly straight section;
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- a support mounted to the at least one support rail for supporting the guiderail, the support adapted for advancing and retracting the guiderail relative to the conveyor in a direction transverse to the conveying direction.
An apparatus for supporting a guiderail for guiding one or more articles conveyed along a conveyor having a conveying path in a conveying direction, comprising:
- an inner support rail extending along an arcuate portion of the conveying path;
- an outer support rail extending along the arcuate portion of the conveying path in spaced relation from the inner support rail;
- at least one movable inner support mounted to the inner support rail for supporting and adjusting a position of the guiderail relative to the conveyor in a direction transverse to the conveying direction;
- at least one movable outer support mounted to the outer support rail for supporting and adjusting the position of the guiderail relative to the conveyor in a direction transverse to the conveying direction,
- wherein at least one of the inner support rail and the outer support rail comprises at least one linearly straight section extending along the arcuate portion.
A method of adjusting a position of a guiderail for guiding one or more articles conveyed along an arcuate portion of a conveyor, comprising:
- mounting a support supporting the guiderail along a linearly straight portion of a support rail extending along the arcuate portion and adapted to move the guiderail generally transversely to a conveying direction of the conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.