Impact saddle for conveyor belts
AssigneeRichwood Industries, Inc.
InventorDonald L. Stoll
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Abstract
An improved impact saddle is provided for use in place of a conventional impact roller assembly, for supporting a bulk material conveyor at an impact zone. The assembly includes a support frame which is adapted to be positioned in transverse relation to the length of the belt. The support frame forms a pair of side-by-side T-shaped supports which extend in parallel relation transversely of the belt. A plurality of polymeric low friction segments, such as high molecular weight polyethylene, are formed with lower T-shaped slots which are adapted to receive the T-shaped supports for threading onto the support frame. The segments have upper surfaces which collectively form a support for a section of the conveyor belt in the impact zone.
Claims8
An improved impact saddle for use with a bulk material conveyor belt and having a non-moving impact sliding surface which may be used in place of a conventional impact roller assembly in an impact zone, comprising:
- a support frame adapted to be positioned in transverse relation to the length of the conveyor belt and having a width in the direction of belt movement which is approximately the same as that occupied by a conventional impact roller-type idler,
- said frame having means defining an upper curved impact segment supporting member, and a plurality of polymeric low friction segments threaded on said member in a direction transverse to the length of the conveyor belt,
- said segments collectively defining an upper transversely extending belt-supporting surface.
An improved impact saddle for use with a bulk material conveyor belt, and having a transversely extending non-moving impact sliding surface for supporting a transverse portion of such conveyor belt in an impact zone, comprising:
- a support frame adapted to be positioned in transverse relation to the length of the conveyor belt,
- said frame having means defining an upper curved impact supporting member formed by a pair of side-by-side transversely extending T-shaped supports,
- said supports extending in generally parallel relation of said support frame transversely of said belt, and
- a low friction belt-engaging means mounted on said T-shaped supports and extending transversely of said belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.