Conveyor roller bearing housing
AssigneeJLV Industries Pty Ltd
InventorsKingsley Bruce Dyson, Derek Alfred Sealey
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Abstract
A polyurethane conveyor roller end cap internally houses rolling bearing and externally is interference-fitted into an end of a roller tube. The outside surface of the body of an end cap, although arranged in large part to engage the tube, has provided therein a circumferential line of blind recesses designed to minimize the amount of polyurethane used for the end cap while still allowing for the provision of load bearing column of polyurethane.
Claims8
A conveyor roller bearing housing comprising a body portion in which is provided at least one bearing seat to seat at least one bearing, the body portion further having an outer surface arranged in large part to engage a roller tube, wherein the body portion has provided therein at least one recess in the outer surface to reduce the volume of material in the body portion, the at least one recess being arranged such that there is at all times at least one unbroken and continuous load bearing column in the body portion extending radially between the bearing seat and the outer surface to substantially minimize any stress relaxation therein.
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