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US 7,287,640 B1Granted
Roller conveyor zone with motorized roller
AssigneeAutomotion, Inc.
InventorSteven Lee Schmutzler
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Abstract
A roller conveyor using a motorized drive roller has the drive roller located other than in the terminal roller position of conveyor zones. Damage to the motorized drive roller from overheating or impact loads is minimized.
Claims5
A roller conveyor zone, comprising:
- spaced apart side plates;
- at least four rollers mounted between the side plates, the rollers being aligned in a plane, first and second of the rollers being terminal rollers for the zone and third and fourth rollers, between the first and second terminal rollers, each being a motorized drive roller;
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- a conveyor belt extending around the terminal rollers and across the motorized drive rollers,
- the third motorized drive roller adjacent and connected to the first terminal roller,
- the fourth motorized roller adjacent and connected to the second terminal roller.
3 more elements
A roller conveyor zone, comprising:
- spaced apart side plates;
- at least three rollers mounted between the side plates, the rollers being aligned in a plane, two of the rollers being terminal rollers for the zone and a third roller between the terminal rollers being a motorized roller adjacent to and connected with at least one of the terminal rollers, the zone being one element of a transition between a horizontal zone and an up incline or a decline zones,
- the motorized roller adjacent to and connected with the at least one terminal roller and isolated by the at least one terminal roller so as not to be subject to impact loads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.