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US 6,854,593 B2Granted
Pad-type idler for conveyor belts
AssigneeJean-Marc Boudreau
InventorJean-Marc Boudreau
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Abstract
An idler for a conveyor belt, in which the idler has a pad including a bottom surface and a top surface; a bore in the bottom surface, the bore including a frusto-conical portion extending from the bottom surface toward the top surface, whereby as the pad wears, the bore is exposed in the top surface.
Claims17
A pad-type idler for a conveyor belt, the idler comprising:
- a pad including a first surface and, a second surface for contacting the conveyor;
- a wear indicator extending from the first surface part way through the pad to a point adjacent the second surface, whereby, wearing of the second surface of the pad exposes the wear indicator in the second surface.
A non-moving idler for a conveyor comprising:
- a pad including a surface for contacting the conveyor;
- a wear indicator extending into the pad adjacent the surface whereby wearing of the surface exposes the wear indicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.