Drive roller for flat belts
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorDaniel Eric Derscheid
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Abstract
A drive roller for flat belts is provided in various embodiments wherein the roller has improved characteristics for maintaining traction of belts, such as lagging applied to the roller.
Claims8
A drive roller for driving at least one flat belt in a direction of travel, the drive roller having a roller body with lagging applied thereto in discrete regions so that a continuous circumferential channel is provided between the discrete lagging regions, the lagging having a plurality of first grooves in a surface thereof that are substantially non-parallel to the direction of travel and at least one circumferential groove intersecting the first grooves within a width of each discrete lagging region, wherein the first grooves vary in at least one of:
- size, shape and direction along their length, and wherein a plurality of the first grooves are arranged in a herringbone pattern and at least one of the first grooves so arranged forms a Y-shape.
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