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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7971705 | Apparatus for and method of servicing conveyor belt return rollers during belt operation A method comprises a step of accessing a conveyor belt system that has a belt, a return roller, and a return roller support assembly. The return roller is supported by the return roller support assembly. The return roller is engaged with the belt from beneath the re... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7367538 | Suspension system for HVAC equipment A system for suspending an HVAC unit from one or more wood truss members through the use of one or more top lock plates connected to a top support member, one or more channels connected to the top of the HVAC unit, one or more bottom lock plates slidably connected t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7303382 | Coil bridge conveyor A conveying apparatus for directing material into a die. The die includes a material opening to accept the material from a material feed system and is positioned in a press. The conveying system comprises a frame, including a front stanchion, a rear stanchion, a fir... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292807 | Assembly and method for reducing shaft deflection A shaft mounting and loading arrangement includes a shaft rotatably mounted within a frame of an imaging machine by a pair of spaced mounting bearings. A belt is entrained on the shaft between the bearings. The belt applies a belt load to the shaft along an axially ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287642 | Trippable idler roller assembly for belt conveyors An idler roller assembly comprises a base frame which includes first and second spaced-apart mounting brackets, a support frame which includes a support tube that comprises a first end which is positioned adjacent the first mounting bracket and a second end which is... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7267223 | Belt conveyor with a supporting platform formed from a single sheet of metal A conveyor, primarily but not exclusively for use in the food industry, in which a conveyor belt (19) is supported on a belt platform (11) for movement relative thereto, and the belt platform (11) is formed as a unitary component from a single s... | 09/11/2007 |
| 6929114 | Crossover conveyor system A crossover conveyor system that allows people to safely cross over a portion of a conveyor line is disclosed. The crossover conveyor system includes a frame that has at least a first side member and a second side member. A plurality of rollers may be connected betw... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6907985 | Device for conveying piece goods A device for conveying piece goods. The device comprises a sorting system for sorting the piece goods. The successively arranged conveying systems are guided with this device along a conveying line and can be driven by at least one driving means that engages a drivi... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6516942 | Idler roller for transport conveyor An improved idler roller for a belt conveyor for conveying bulk materials includes a cylindrical roller shell, and a pair of cast roller heads fitted to respective opposite open ends of the roller shell. Bearing assemblies fitted within each of the roller... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6427828 | Cam-lock segmental impact idler A segmental impact idler with the ability to mechanically lower idler segments is used for easy installation, removal and service of idler segments under loading skirts. The ability to mechanically lower idler segments eliminates a need to use a lifting d... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6390287 | Self-adjusting carrying idler assembly A conveyor belt idler support includes a fixed frame having support idlers for a return path of the belt. A movable frame is mounted on the fixed frame and is tiltable to support the carrying portion of the belt with a varying degree of tilt to allow the ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6349819 | Belt conveyer idler support frame A belt material handling system including conveyor belts supported on a belt conveyor idler support frame. Brackets are provided for supporting one or multiple idler rollers on such a frame. One form of such brackets has a tab for retaining the shafts in ... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6193055 | Conveyor belt support A support structure for a conveyor belt which includes two upwardly extending, pivotally mounted, support arms, a garland of conveyor idler rollers suspended between upper ends of the support arms and, for each support arm, respective biasing means which ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6155407 | Conveyor belt impact support system A belt support system for supporting a belt member along a portion thereof during a material transfer operation where a flow of material is allowed to impact the belt member at a predetermined impact location, the present system including a plurality of r... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6044965 | Troughing idlers for belt conveyors A troughing idler of an enclosed belt conveyor has a horizontal shaft that is supported by antifriction bearings mounted outside of the side walls of the trunking and carries a medial roller. Each of the side walls of the trunking supports a downwardly an... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5988361 | Split load cradle for conveyor belts A split load cradle for conveyor belts comprised of two pipes (1 and 2) is disclosed. The longer pipe (1) incorporates vertical arms (3, 4 and 5) having an upper ends obliquely facing each other wherein the end rolls (11) of the load cradle (10) are pivot... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5927478 | Input station for belt conveyor An input station for a wide continuous conveyor belt that moves in a conveyor run through an input station to a discharge location, around a head pulley, through a return run around a tail pulley, and back into the input station. At the input station the ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5855477 | Belt conveyance baking furnace A belt conveyance baking furnace which can reduce the weight and size of a belt and can raise and lower the furnace temperature to desired levels in a shorter time. A workpiece is baked while it is on a conveyor belt and conveyed through the furnace there... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5762179 | Conveyor modular construction techniques A chord member for facilitating the assembly and disassembly of a concrete conveyor system including a top flange defining a first plane, a pair of depending lips positioned at either end of the top flange, a bottom flange defining a second plane parallel... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5657857 | Pivotal idler frame assembly for conveyers A pivotal idler frame assembly for conveyors is disclosed in one preferred embodiment of the present invention as including an idler frame assembly selectively disposed in a pivotal relationship to a stationary conveyor frame. The idler frame assembly con... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5645158 | Extensible continuous haulage system An extensible conveyor apparatus and method for a continuous haulage system and continuous conveyor belt are disclosed for carrying coal or ore discharged from a continuous miner. A top roller combination supports the coal-carrying or ore-carrying continu... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5590757 | Extensible continuous haulage system An extensible conveyor apparatus and method for a continuous haulage system and continuous conveyor belt are disclosed for carrying coal or ore discharged from a continuous miner. A top roller-slider combination supports the coal-carrying or ore-carrying ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5564557 | Impact absorbing apparatus for a belt conveyor A shock-absorbing suspension for a conveyor assembly includes brackets that attach to the parallel support beams of the conveyor. The brackets support corresponding saddles, that in turn, mount the conveyor assembly. In a preferred embodiment, the saddles... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5381887 | Conveyor systems and high durability rollers therefor An inventive roller and an inventive conveyor assembly which includes at least one such roller. The inventive roller comprises: an axle housing; a polymer foam segment positioned around the axle housing; and a polymer coating which covers the exterior of ... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5373935 | Return roller assembly for a bulk conveyor A return roller assembly for the return flight of a continuous belt of a bulk conveyor, the return roller assembly having a center roller and a pair of end rollers, the center roller being mounted horizontally and the end rollers being mounted such that t... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5341920 | Load sensitive conveyor training apparatus An improved belt supporting and guiding apparatus enabling belt travel in other than a linear path wherein there is a base frame and a second frame mounted on the base frame; the second frame has center, left and right portions with surfaces which togethe... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5341921 | Catenary rigid top troughing assembly Catenary rigid top troughing assemblies guide and support the top, or load carrying portion of a flexible belt conveyor system. Each assembly consists of two formed cross members. Attached at each end of the cross members is a saddle, which rigidly mounts... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5318170 | Catenary rigid top troughing assembly-offset Catenary rigid top troughing assemblies guide and support the top, or load carrying portion of a flexible belt conveyor system. Each unit includes a centrally located, formed cross member. Attached at each end of the cross member is a saddle, which rigidl... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5271492 | Curved rubber belt conveyor with decentralized drive A conveyor belt for endless conveyor belt systems is laid in tight curve radii because the belt and the guide bar, which is attached to the underside of the belt, consist of highly elastic rubber. The belt is reinforced by preferably diagonally placed fab... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5197592 | Wire frame idler roll support A support frame for use in supporting a plurality of idler rolls has separate compression and tension support members each extending across the length of the support frame and attached to center brackets for supporting the idler rolls. The support members... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5161675 | Tubular belt conveyor system A tubular belt conveyor system includes a conveyor belt having a cross-sectionally closed, curvilinear, tubular configuration including a zone of overlapping edge portions. A plurality of support and guide assemblies for the conveyor are situated along th... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5108153 | Elevated roadway for continuous haulage unit An elevated roadway for use with a self-propelled continuous haulage unit in underground mining consists of a multiplicity of substantially identical roadway units joined together end to end. Each unit has a pair of elongated bottom side beams joined by b... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5044490 | Belt conveyor idler support frame An idler roller support frame has a support beam longitudinally parallel to an idler roller or a plurality of idler rollers. The support beam has a structural contour providing tension flange zones and compression flange zones adjacent the tension flange ... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4919253 | Bearing lubrication system An idler roll assembly for conveyors is provided which is particularly adapted for one-shot lubrication. The assembly includes roll mounting bearings having inner races which are mounted on a tubular roll mounting shaft and inner and outer grease seals wh... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4917232 | Flexible conveyor belt supporting structure The invention involves flanged rollers which engage the lateral sides of the upper and lower runs of an endless, flexible belt conveyor which traverses a curved path to control movement of the belt laterally of the path of travel.... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4749078 | Roof mounted conveyor idler frame Conveyor idler supports and spacing members are secured to a downwardly facing surface or framework, and adjusted laterally and vertically to facilitate accurate alignment of adjacent idlers in a series. Installation is facilitated, since accuracy in bori... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4732267 | Transport intallation A transport installation comprises a conveyor belt extending along a curved track in a substantially horizontal plane for transporting goods in a conveying direction, separate conveyor belt support stations for the upper and the lower strand of the convey... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4720007 | Suspended idler roller for supporting a troughing belt A suspended idler roller for supporting a troughing belt for use in the conveying of granular bulk material such as sand, gravel, crushed stone, grain, coal, fertilizer, etc. The idler roller comprises a plurality of intermediate idler wheels positioned o... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4475648 | Belt conveyor A troughed belt conveyor has a roll supporting base beam with downwardly diverging flanges, one of which supports the bottom roll with the other supporting the angled side rolls. The side rolls are longitudinally offset from the bottom roll and the upper ... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4474287 | Variable length conveyor assembly A variable length conveyor assembly for use in the continuous underground mining of coal. The conveyor assembly comprises a base from which are adapted to extend a plurality of telescoping support elements. The support elements carry belt supporting membe... | 10/02/1984 |
