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US 8,474,608 B2Granted
Conveyor belt guard panel blank having integrally formed handles and method of forming a conveyor belt guard panel
AssigneeMartin Engineering Company
InventorsJared Piacenti, David Mueller, Robert Todd Swinderman
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Abstract
A conveyor belt guard panel blank comprises a monolithic planar sheet of material of uniform thickness having opposite facing primary surfaces. The sheet of material has a plurality of openings extending therethrough in a manner creating a mesh. The sheet also comprises at least two handle formations that are adapted and configured to be altered in a manner such that the handle formations extend outward from one of the primary surfaces of the sheet of material.
Claims13
A conveyor belt guard panel blank comprising:
- a monolithic planar metal sheet of uniform thickness having opposite facing primary surfaces, the metal sheet having a plurality of openings extending therethrough in a manner creating a mesh, the metal sheet also comprising at least two handle formations that are adapted and configured to be plastically deformed in a manner such that the handle formations extend outward from one of the primary surfaces of the metal sheet, wherein the metal sheet has an uninterrupted rectangular outer perimeter and the handle formations are encircled by the perimeter.
A method of forming a conveyor belt guard panel, the method comprising:
- obtaining a panel blank in the form of a monolithic planar metal sheet of uniform thickness having opposite facing primary surfaces, the metal sheet having a plurality of openings extending therethrough in a manner creating a mesh, the metal sheet also comprising at least two handle formations;
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- plastically deforming the handle formations in a manner such that the handle formations extend outward from one of the primary surfaces of the metal sheet, wherein the metal sheet has an uninterrupted rectangular outer perimeter and the handle formations are encircled by the perimeter prior to being deformed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.