Conveyor conversion kit for replacing rollers within a conveyor system and method
OwnerWilliam Devere Jonesinventor
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Abstract
An endless loop belt conveyor system that is free of rollers is produced from a roller conveyor or a powered endless belt roller conveyor using a conversion kit. The conversion kit includes at least one endless loop belt conveyor guide; and at least two conveyor guide mounts. In addition, the conversion kit may include a motor driven roller section and an idler roller section both designed to be dropped in at the head portion or at the tail portion of a frame. The resulting converted conveyor system, and also the method of removing and replacing roller conveyors to convert the conveyor system to an endless belt conveyor that is free of rollers is taught.
Claims20
An endless loop belt conveyor system having a pair of generally parallel side walls and joined by a series of spaced apart connector bars to form a rigid frame, the parallel side walls of the frame having a distance between them, the conveyor system further comprising:
- at least one endless loop belt conveyor belt support and guide;
- and
- at least two conveyor belt support and guide mounts, said conveyor belt support and guide mounts supported in spaced apart relation by a pair of generally parallel side walls of a conveyor frame, any said two or more conveyor belt support and guide mounts supporting said at least one endless loop belt conveyor belt support and guide, and wherein
- each said endless loop belt conveyor belt support and guide includes a smooth, non-moving upper surface supporting and guiding an endless loop belt for movement around the conveyor system wherein each said conveyor belt support and guide mount includes an upper yoke portion, said upper yoke portion having a width dimension substantially the same as the distance between the pair of generally parallel side walls of a conveyor frame, said yoke portion connected to and supported by such a pair of generally parallel side walls of a conveyor frame, and wherein each said conveyor belt support and guide mount includes a U-shaped frame connected to and supported by and below said upper yoke portion.
A conversion kit for converting a roller conveyor that includes a frame having two generally parallel side walls into an endless loop belt conveyor, the frame having a head portion and a tail portion, the kit including:
- an endless loop belt conveyor belt support and guide supported by a pair of generally parallel side walls of a conveyor frame;
- and
- motor driven sprocket roller means dropped in and attached at the head portion or at the tail portion of a conveyor frame wherein said conveyor belt support and guide includes an upper yoke portion, said upper yoke portion having a width dimension substantially the same as the distance between the pair of generally parallel side walls of a conveyor frame, said yoke portion connected to and supported by such a pair of generally parallel side walls of a conveyor frame, and wherein each said conveyor belt support and guide includes a U-shaped frame connected to and supported by and below said upper yoke portion.
A conversion kit for converting a roller conveyor that includes a frame having two generally parallel side walls into an endless loop belt conveyor, the frame having a head portion and a tail portion, the kit comprising:
- at least one endless loop belt conveyor belt support and guide;
- and
- at least two conveyor belt support and guide mounts, said conveyor belt support and guide mounts supported in spaced apart relation by a pair of generally parallel side walls of a conveyor frame, any said two or more conveyor belt support and guide mounts supporting said at least one endless loop belt conveyor belt support and guide, and wherein each said endless loop belt conveyor belt support and guide includes a smooth, non-moving upper surface supporting and guiding an endless loop belt for movement around the conveyor system wherein each said conveyor belt support and guide mount includes an upper yoke portion, said upper yoke portion having a width dimension substantially the same as the distance between the pair of generally parallel side walls of a conveyor frame, said yoke portion connected to and supported by such a pair of generally parallel side walls of a conveyor frame, and wherein each said conveyor belt support and guide includes a U-shaped frame connected to and supported by and below said upper yoke portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.