Releasable conveyor belt system
AssigneeEldetco, Inc.
InventorDon Lunghi
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for quickly and efficiently disassembling a conveyor belt system. The conveyor belt rotates about pulleys which are mounted on a first frame. A drive pulley is mounted on a second frame. When assembled, the drive pulley mounted on the second frame contacts the conveyor belt system causing it to tighten around the pulleys mounted on the first frame. The first and second frames are held together by a quick release mechanism. When the quick release mechanism is released, the first and second frames can be separated and the conveyor belt tension is released and the conveyor belt may be easily removed from the pulleys mounted on the first frame.
Claims20
A conveyor belt drive apparatus comprising:
- at least two free pulleys mounted on a first frame;
- a drive pulley mounted on a second frame;
- and
- a conveyor belt having an inner surface and an outer surface which rotates about the at least two free pulleys and the drive pulley;
- wherein the first frame is releasably engaged to the second frame, the inner surface engages the at least two free pulleys and the outer surface engages the drive pulley.
A conveyor belt drive apparatus comprising:
- at least two free pulleys mounted on a first frame;
- a drive pulley mounted on a second frame;
- and
- a conveyor belt which rotates about the at least two free pulleys and the drive pulley;
- a plate mounted on the first frame between two of the pulleys, such that in the assembled configuration, the plate is adjacent and substantially parallel to the conveyor belt
- wherein the first frame is releasably engaged to the second frame.
A conveyor belt drive apparatus comprising:
- at least two free pulleys mounted on a first frame;
- a drive pulley mounted on a second frame;
- a conveyor belt which rotates about the at least two free pulleys and the drive pulley;
- and
- a releasable fastener comprises a buckle or a clamp wherein the first frame is releasably engaged to the second frame.
A conveyor belt drive apparatus comprising:
- at least two free pulleys mounted on a first frame;
- a drive pulley mounted on a second frame;
- and
- a conveyor belt which rotates about the at least two free pulleys and the drive pulley;
- wherein the first frame is releasably engaged to the second frame and the conveyor belt can be removed from the free pulleys mounted on the first frame when the releasable fastener is released and the first frame is separated from the second frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.