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US 9,540,180 B1Granted
Counter-weighted conveyor cover
AssigneeFormax, Inc.
InventorKyle Schinkowsky
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Abstract
A conveyor includes a housing, a moveable conveyor member, and a cover. The moveable conveyor member is moveably attached to the housing. The cover is rotate-ably attached to the housing at a pivot point between a closed position covering the moveable conveyor member and an open position uncovering the moveable conveyor member. The cover includes a counter-weight with the counter-weight and a center-of-gravity of the cover located at opposing sides of the pivot point.
Claims27
A screw conveyor comprising:
- a housing comprising a trough;
- a rotate-able helical screw blade disposed within the trough;
- and
- a cover rotate-ably attached to the housing at a pivot point, the cover rotate-able between a closed position covering the trough and an open position uncovering the trough;
- wherein the cover comprises an opening containing a counter-weight, the counter-weight and a center-of-gravity of the cover located at opposing sides of the pivot point.
2 more elements
A conveyor comprising:
- a housing;
- a moveable conveyor member moveably attached to the housing;
- and
- a cover rotate-ably attached to the housing at a pivot point, the cover rotate-able between a closed position covering the moveable conveyor member and an open position uncovering the moveable conveyor member;
- wherein the cover comprises an opening containing a counter-weight, the counter-weight and a center-of-gravity of the cover located at opposing sides of the pivot point.
2 more elements
A method of counter-balancing a cover of a conveyor comprising:
- disposing a counter-weight in an opening of a cover;
- and
- rotate-ably attaching the cover to a housing at a pivot point, with the counter-weight and a center-of-gravity of the cover located at opposing sides of the pivot point, so that the cover is rotate-able between a closed position covering a moveable conveyor member attached to the housing and an open position uncovering the moveable conveyor member.
A method of moving a cover of a conveyor comprising:
- rotating a cover, attached to a housing about a pivot point, between a closed position covering a moveable conveyor member and an open position uncovering the moveable conveyor member with a counter-weight, disposed within an opening of the cover at an opposing side of the pivot point as a center-of-gravity of the cover, counter-balancing the center-of-gravity of the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.