Converting roller conveyors into belt conveyors
AssigneeLaitram, L.L.C.
InventorsRobert S. Lapeyre, Christopher G. Greve
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Abstract
A conversion kit and a method for inexpensively converting a roller conveyor into a belt conveyor. The converted conveyor is made from a roller conveyor that has a frame with two parallel sides supporting a set of parallel rollers at spaced apart locations. A conversion kit is used to make the conversion. The kit includes attachment collars that fit around selected rollers and wearstrip material that extends outward from the attachment collars and overlies a group of consecutive collars. The wearstrip material and the collars resting on the rollers form a carryway bed on which a conveyor belt or chain is supported.
Claims44
A belt conveyor converted from a roller conveyor, the belt conveyor comprising:
- a roller conveyor including a frame having two generally parallel sides supporting a plurality of rollers therebetween at spaced apart locations along the frame;
- and
- a conveyor conversion kit, comprising:
- an attachment collar surrounding at least a portion of the circumference of a first roller;
- and
- a wearstrip extending outward from the attachment collar and overlying a group of consecutive rollers to support a conveyor belt.
A conversion kit for converting a roller conveyor into a belt conveyor, the kit comprising:
- a plurality of attachment collars for attaching to rollers of a roller conveyor;
- and
- wearstrip material to extend outward from the attachment collars and to overlie a group of consecutive rollers of the roller conveyor to support a conveyor belt.
A method for converting a roller conveyor into a belt conveyor, the method comprising:
- attaching a plurality of attachment collars to selected rollers of a roller conveyor;
- arranging wearstrip material extending from the attachment collars in a pattern overlying and spanning consecutive rollers to form a conveyor bed of wearstrip material supported on the rollers;
- and
- installing a conveyor belt on the conveyor bed.
A conversion kit for converting a roller conveyor into a belt conveyor, the kit comprising a plurality of attachment collars adapted to be attached to rollers of a roller conveyor, wherein the attachment collars include an attachment portion at which wearstrip material can be attached to the attachment collars.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.