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US 5,330,045 AGranted
Low backline pressure chain
AssigneeRexnord Inc.
InventorWasyly G. Hodlewsky
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Abstract
A low backline pressure conveyor chain including spaced apart strands of chain interconnected by a plurality of rods each supporting a plurality of freely rotatably rollers.
Claims12
A low backline pressure chain, comprising:
- first and second parallel strands of chain, each strand of chain comprising a plurality of bushing links and pin links and hollow pins connecting said links together;
- a plurality of shafts, each shaft mounted at one end in one of said hollow pins in said first strand of chain and at the other end in the corresponding hollow pin in the second strand of chair;
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- a plurality of rollers loosely mounted for rotation on each of said shafts.
1 more element
A low backline pressure chain comprising:
- a plurality of links arranged in spaced apart rows, each of said links including a top edge,
- a plurality of shafts, each of said shafts extending between said rows to interconnect said rows, and
- a plurality of rollers mounted for rotation on each of said shafts, each of said rollers being flush with the top edges of said links to form a continuous conveying support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.