Arrangement for supporting rollers in a roller conveyor

A bearing block for supporting a plurality of rollers in a roller conveyor, comprising:

• a support rail having at least one hole;
• a support shaft;
• a base strip defining a groove for receiving said support rail in an assembled position, said groove extending in a longitudinal direction along a lower side of said base strip, said base strip having at least one laterally extending hole to be aligned with a corresponding said hole in said support rail for receiving said support shaft in said assembled position;
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• a plurality of bearing supports extending upwardly from said base strip, adjacent ones of said bearing supports being spaced apart from each other in said longitudinal direction and being offset from each other in said lateral direction, and each of said bearing supports defining a bearing surface for receiving a roller shaft, said bearing surface extending in said lateral direction.

An arrangement for supporting rollers in a roller conveyor, comprising:

• at least three support rails arranged parallel to each other, said support rails defining at least one set of holes aligned coaxially with each other;
• a bearing block including a base strip defining a groove extending in a longitudinal direction along a lower side of said bearing block and having at least one hole extending in a lateral direction, said bearing block being arranged on an intermediate one of said support rails such that a portion of said intermediate support rail is disposed in said groove and said at least one hole is aligned coaxially with a corresponding one of said sets of holes in said support rails, a plurality of bearing supports extending upwardly from said base strip, adjacent ones of said bearing supports being spaced apart from each other in said longitudinal direction and being offset from each other in said lateral direction, and each of said bearing supports defining a bearing surface extending in said lateral direction;
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• a support shaft extending through each of said holes in said bearing block and the corresponding one of said sets of holes in said support rails, respectively.

A roller conveyor comprising:

• at least three support rails arranged parallel to each other, said support rails defining at least one set of holes aligned coaxially with each other;
• a bearing block including a base strip defining a groove extending in a longitudinal direction along a lower side of said bearing block and having at least one hole extending in a lateral direction, said bearing block being arranged on an intermediate one of said support rails such that said intermediate rail is disposed in said groove and said at least one hole is aligned with a corresponding one of said set of holes in said support rails, a plurality of bearing supports extending upwardly from said base strip, adjacent ones of said bearing supports being spaced apart from each other in said longitudinal direction and being offset from each other in said lateral direction, and each of said bearing supports defining a bearing surface extending in said lateral direction;
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• a support shaft extending through each of said holes in said bearing block and the corresponding set of holes in said support rails;
• a roller shaft arranged in engagement with each of said bearing surfaces, respectively;
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• at least one roller sleeve mounted on each of said roller shafts.