Convertible track system for support of conveyor belts
AssigneeTarpaulin.com, Inc.
InventorRonald J. DeGennaro, Jr.
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Abstract
A convertible track system for providing additional support to a conveyor belt. The system includes convertible track sections which may be added/removed from the conveyor belt apparatus without disassembly of the existing track supporting structure.
Claims14
A convertible track kit for retrofitting an existing conveyor belt apparatus to provide additional support to a conveyor belt traveling therealong, said conveyor belt being supported at its outer edges by a pair of opposing permanent tracks, said permanent tracks having a plurality of spacers extending therebetween at predetermined locations along the length thereof, each of said permanent track defining a supporting edge, said kit comprising:
- first and second convertible track sections each having opposing ends and each defining a supporting edge, each of said ends being formed with a notch sized to engage one of said spacers, each of said track sections having a preselected length substantially corresponding to the distance between adjacent spacers to allow said track sections to extend between and engage adjacent spacers, each of said convertible track sections being sized to locate said supporting edges thereof in substantial alignment with said supporting edges of said permanent tracks;
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- hardware for securing adjoining ends of said track sections to one another when said track sections are engaged with said spacers.
A conveyor belt apparatus, comprising:
- a frame;
- a pair of opposing permanent tracks supported by said frame;
- a conveyor belt supported at its outer edges by said opposing permanent tracks;
- a plurality of spacers extending between said permanent tracks at predetermined locations along the length thereof;
- first and second convertible track sections each having opposing ends and each defining a supporting edge, each of said ends being formed with a notch sized to engage one of said spacers, each of said track sections having a preselected length substantially corresponding to the distance between adjacent spacers, said first track section being positioned to extend between a first of said spacers and a second of said spacers, said second track section being positioned to extend between said second spacer and a third of said spacers, wherein one end of said first track section is secured to one end of said second track section in the proximity of said second spacer and wherein each of said track sections is sized to locate said supporting edges thereof in substantial alignment with said supporting edges of said permanent tracks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.