Conveyor chain having detachable member for carrying articles
AssigneeAMSTED Industries Incorporated
InventorCharles G. Springman
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Abstract
A chain link conveyor having carrying members which comprise a shaft with a socket that is press fitted to a conveyor link pin and a supplemental link plate that is press fitted to the shaft and an adjacent paired link pin which supplemental link plate is held spaced from the conveyor pin link plate interconnecting the paired link pins.
Claims16
An improved article carrying member for detachable mounting to link pin ends protruding from a roller type chain conveyor, said member comprising:
- a shaft with a socket at one end adapted to be press fitted onto a first link pin;
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- a supplemental link plate secured to said shaft spaced from said one end, said supplemental link plate having an opening, said opening being of a size and spaced from said shaft sufficient to be press fitted to a second link pin adjacent to said first link pin, whereby both said socket and said supplemental link plate will be readily separable from said first and second link pins upon excessive load or impact on said shaft.
An improved chain conveyor with an article carrying member wherein the chain conveyor includes rollers on link pins wherein pairs of adjacent pins are interconnected by pin link plates outward of said rollers and an article carrying member extends outwardly of a pin link plate, said improvement comprising:
- at least first and second interconnected link pins having ends protruding beyond a pin link plate;
- a shaft with a hollow socket at one end said socket being press fitted on the protruding end of said first pin;
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- a supplemental link plate secured to said shaft spaced from said pin link plate, said supplemental link plate having an opening that is press fitted onto the protruding end of said second interconnected link pin so as to be held parallel to and spaced from said pin link plate, whereby both said socket and said supplemental link plate will readily separate from said first and second link pins upon excessive load or impact on said shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.