Conveyor belt storage system
AssigneeFMC Corporation
InventorCharles F. East
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Abstract
There is provided an idler carriage assembly for use on a conveyor belt storage system having a device for aligning the idler carriage assembly when the idler carriage assembly becomes disengaged from a connecting assembly. The connecting assembly may be an adjacent idler carriage assembly or the pulley carriage assembly. There is also provided a conveyor belt storage system incorporating the idler carriage assembly.
Claims14
An idler carriage assembly for use on a belt storage system comprising:
- means for aligning said idler carriage assembly when said idler carriage assembly becomes disengaged from a connecting assembly wherein said means for aligning comprises an alignment block disposed on a frame of said idler carriage assembly.
An idler carriage assembly for use on a belt storage system comprising:
- means for aligning said idler carriage assembly when said idler carriage assembly becomes disengaged from a connecting assembly wherein said means for aligning comprises an alignment block disposed on opposing ends of a frame of said idler carriage assembly.
An idler carriage assembly for use on a belt storage system comprising:
- means for aligning said idler carriage assembly when said idler carriage assembly becomes disengaged from a connecting assembly wherein said means for aligning comprises a tie rod disposed between two pivot arms, each of said pivot arms being rotatably mounted to opposing ends of a frame of said idler carriage assembly.
A belt storage system comprising:
- a fixed frame assembly;
- a pulley carriage assembly;
- at least one idler carriage assembly disposed between said fixed frame assembly and said pulley carriage assembly, said fixed frame assembly, said at least one idler carriage assembly and said pulley carriage assembly disposed on a track, said at least one idler carriage assembly having at least one alignment block disposed thereon;
- at least one pressure roll assembly disposed on said track;
- wherein said at least one idler carriage assembly becomes disengaged from one of a second idler carriage assembly and said pulley carriage assembly when said at least one pressure roll assembly contacts one end of said at least one alignment block.
An idler carriage assembly for use on a belt storage system comprising:
- a stop block mounted to a frame of said idler carriage assembly;
- a pivot arm rotatably mounted to said frame, said pivot arm being generally parallel with said frame when said pivot arm is in an unpivoted state, said pivot arm having a notch disposed in a region near said stop block;
- an alignment block mounted to said frame, said alignment block being flush with a surface of said pivot arm when said pivot arm is in said unpivoted state;
- a bar pin connected to one end of said pivot arm at an end of said pivot arm which is opposing to said region near said stop block;
- wherein said pivot arm pivots when a force is applied to one side of said alignment block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.