Low profile transfer conveyor for use with conveyor systems
AssigneeEaglestone Inc.
InventorCarmen Sammauro
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Abstract
The low profile transfer conveyor bridges gaps between terminal ends of contiguous multi segment conveyors and provides a driven belt bridge with a length that approximately bridges the space between the flat surfaces of conveyor belt segments of the multi segment conveyors and has a low profile which minimizes any unsupported distance across which articles must cross between conveyor belt segments by providing a small continuous section of driven conveyor belt traversing a flat surface bounded on two sides by small radius edges so the transfer conveyor edges extend almost to the flat surface of the belt segments on opposite sides of the gap that it bridges. At its ends, the belt of the transfer conveyor is driven by one or more drive pulleys.
Claims10
A low profile transfer conveyor for bridging a gap between contiguous ends of conveyor belts of a multi segment conveyor system, the transfer conveyor comprising a belt assembly including a continuous belt and a mechanical assembly received in part within the belt assembly for use in producing motion of the continuous belt of the belt assembly, wherein the belt assembly comprises a low profile central section that provides a transversely extending outermost edge and at least one outwardly extended end having a circular cross section that provides an engagement surface wherein the low profile central section is suitable for having at least a portion of its outermost edge extended transversely along the width of the conveyor belts it is to bridge, and wherein the mechanical assembly comprises a transfer plate extending at least partially into the belt to support the continuous belt and to form the shape of the outermost edge portion of the central section, and at least one drive roller capable of rotating relative to the transfer plate that causes rotation of the continuous belt about the circular cross section by interaction with the engagement surface to translate the continuous belt over the transfer plate.
A low profile transfer conveyor for bridging a gap between contiguous ends of conveyor belts of a multi segment conveyor system, the transfer conveyor comprising a belt assembly and a mechanical assembly received in part within the belt assembly for use in producing motion of the belt of the belt assembly, the belt assembly comprising a continuous belt having a low profile central section that provides an outermost edge that extends transversely and outward cylindrically shaped ends with the low profile central section adapted to have the outermost edge extend transversely along an entire width of the conveyor belts the low profile conveyor is to bridge and an engagement surface extending around the cylindrically shaped end of the belt, and the mechanical assembly comprising a transfer plate that extends into the belt to support the belt assembly and to form the shape of the outermost edge, and a drive roller that rotates the engagement surface for causing translation of the low profile central section of the continuous belt about the transfer plate.
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