Chain reconditioning devices and methods
AssigneeDean Foods Company
InventorLarry Sewell
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Abstract
A device is adapted to be coupled to a conveyor system and recondition at least one chain of the conveyor system. The device includes a base and at least one attachment element coupled to the base. The attachment element is adapted to detachably couple the device to the conveyor system. At least one reconditioning element is coupled to the base, and the reconditioning element is adapted to engage and recondition the chain as the chain moves relative to the reconditioning element. At least one biasing element is coupled to the reconditioning element, and the biasing element urges the reconditioning element away from the base and into engagement with the chain.
Claims5
A method for reconditioning at least one chain of a conveyor system, the method comprising:
- providing a device comprising:
- a base;
- at least one reconditioning element coupled to the base;
- at least one biasing element coupled to the reconditioning element;
- coupling the device to the conveyor system;
- engaging the reconditioning element with the chain;
- and
- moving the chain relative to the reconditioning element, wherein the biasing element urges the reconditioning element linearly away from the base to maintain engagement of the reconditioning element with the chain and the reconditioning element reconditions the chain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.