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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151977 | Conveyor for bakery oven An endless conveyor chain assembly (10) includes two piece enclosed curved track sections (15) having curved sections (15) for the passage therethrough of a series of conveyor chain links (12). Outer race (18) of the curved track s... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8096410 | Adjustable item transport An adjustable item transport includes a deck for supporting items, a transport element for transporting the items along the deck on a transport path, a plurality of support elements rotatably supporting the transport element, and an adjustment member. Each support e... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7562766 | Conveyor apparatus and system Typical roller conveyors suffer from excess noise and frequent maintenance due to worn rollers and roller bearings. Continuous loop belt conveyors solve some of these problems, but still suffer from an inability to change the width of the conveyor belt without signi... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7431150 | Adjustable curved guideway for a conveyor and method for realising same An adjustable curved neck guide for a conveyor is disclosed. The guide comprises a plurality of segments mounted on first and second plates using a series of pin and slot assemblies. Each segment has first and second surfaces and a guide edge, the segments arranged ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7347320 | Top dresser A top dresser (10) includes sheeting (70) in the form of an endless belt passing around first and second drums (148, 160) and a bed (166) including a plurality of rollers (106). Continuous V-shaped guides (122) are received ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7252192 | Side-flexing conveyor module with detachable roller assembly A link module suitable for use in a conveyor chain intended for travel along an intended direction on a given path. The module includes a first eye and a second eye adjacent the first eye. The eyes define a space therebetween. A roller assembly extends into the spac... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246697 | Washdown conveyor corner section with removable wear strips The present invention is a corner section of a conveyor frame assembly that includes removable slide bars and wear strips. The corner section is formed from two side frames of stainless steel joined by multiple stainless steel cross supports. Each of the cross suppo... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245857 | Belt driving apparatus A belt driving apparatus for driving a belt has the belt hung around and between rollers, and has a meandering prevention member provided in each end part of each roller to restrict the meandering of the belt in the roller axial direction. A cut is formed to be open... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242897 | Image forming apparatus, roller, belt, and fixing unit of image forming apparatus A tubular roller to support a belt having an inner surface provided with a protruding circumferential edge having a width includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion has a first outer radius and contacts the inner surface of th... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234589 | Conveyor belt and module with a self-adjusting edge A modular conveyor belt with a self-adjusting edge for bearing against a conveyor side rail. An edge pad, which can be made of a durable material for long wear life, pivotably attaches to the side edge of a belt row. The pivotable attachment allows the pad to adjust... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7222728 | Adjustable shield for a conveyor belt The present invention is related to an adjustable finger guard or shield for a conveyor. The housing's slide can include the combination of a plate, one or more connectors and a rotable bearing's housing. Moving the slide from a first direction to a second direction... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7194227 | Imaging member belt support module Disclosed are various embodiments of a belt support module design for use in an imaging forming apparatus or machine. The belt support module is utilized in association with an electrostatographic imaging belt. The belt support module has at least one flexible sprea... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7178664 | Belt device, image forming apparatus and endless belt A belt device that includes an endless belt having a projection on an inner surface of the endless belt, the projection extending parallel to a running direction of the endless belt and a support roller having a guide portion that contacts the projection, the suppor... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7093709 | Belt conveyor A belt conveyor or belt accumulator includes at least two tandem zones, each of which is defined by a motorized roller and at least one idler roller positioned along and between opposite sidewalls of the conveyor and a continuous belt routed around the motorized rol... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7059467 | Conveyor belt assembly A conveyor belt assembly includes a conveyor belt to move an item, a drive pulley driven by a motor and a non-drive pulley. The conveyor belt includes a v-belt on the inner surface of the conveyor belt proximate to both of the edges. Each v-belt is received in a gro... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058345 | Transfer belt unit and image forming apparatus using the same A transfer belt unit and image forming apparatus that achieves the reduction in size and cost of a transfer belt unit and can prevent fluctuation of the cleaning performance. The unit has a transfer belt, and a plurality of rollers around which the transfer belt ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051867 | Belt alignment system The present invention relates to a conveyor belt alignment system comprising pivoting members mounted on a support bracket adaptedly operating through a guide control bar having guide rollers for controlling lateral movements of the belt, the control bar activating ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048112 | Food grade conveyor A yoke for a food grade conveyor is formed of UHMW plastic molded as a single unit having left and right upright portions connected by vertically separated upper and lower cross portions. Each cross portion has a stanchion to provide a support face or ledge for conn... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7028750 | Apparatus and method for horizontal casting and cutting of metal billets The invention relates to an apparatus for continuous casting of metal billets comprising a horizontal casting mold having and inlet end and an outlet end. It includes a feed trough for feeding molten metal to the mold inlet end and a horizontal conveyor for receivin... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011208 | Conveying mechanism A conveying mechanism capable of preferably inhibiting the portion of a transfer belt located in an image forming area from meandering. A plurality of ribs (84) are provided so as to extend approximately parallel to a transfer direction (X) on an upper surfac... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6993276 | Belt apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same A belt apparatus having an endless belt which is wound around and movably driven by a plurality of support rollers. The speed fluctuations of the endless belt due to the variations in thickness of the endless belt are prevented. A driving apparatus for driving the e... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6964333 | Conveyor chain guide system Chain guide assemblies for conveyor systems including matched chain guide strips and preassembled straps that interconnect and locate the chain guide strips in constant perpendicular spacing. In certain aspects, the matched chain guide strips are preassembled with t... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6955257 | Adjustable mounting for stub idler apparatus A pair of universal mounting brackets for a stub idler assembly accommodates an attachment of the stub idler assembly to either an upper or a lower face of the conveyor support structure, accommodates a wide range of linear adjustment of the stud idler bearing block... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6935489 | Circulating type food and drink transport apparatus In circulating type food and drink transport apparatus (EQU), a plurality of plates (5A) is located on a circular link chain (4) including a chain driving section (DV) and a chain driven section (FR) with a predetermined clearance. The circular link ch... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6912371 | System for regulating the sliding force of a fusing belt in an image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a roller having a central portion and an outer edge portion, a fusing belt positioned over at least a portion of the central portion of the roller, and a belt regulating part, positioned on the outer edge portion of the roller, th... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6902053 | Conveyor belt alignment system A conveyor belt alignment system for maintaining a maintaining a conveyor belt's alignment under various operating conditions. The conveyor belt alignment system includes a mounting plate for attaching to a structure, a first plate attached to a second plate, wherei... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899220 | Beaded conveyor belt In a curved conveyor with end rollers disposed at a certain angle between which a belt body is stretched, a plurality of bead constituting elements is detachably disposed along the outer peripheral end of the belt body. Alternatively, in a linear conveyor with end r... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6871038 | Image forming apparatus and belt rotating device An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a movable belt, wherein an image on the image bearing member is transferred toward the belt; a supporting member for supporting the belt, wherein the belt has a first engaging portion, and the supporting m... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6820834 | Reel up A reel-up/winder, comprising one or several members (11, 12) that support the reel/roll (10) to be formed onto a reel/roll spool (16), of which members at least one support member is a belt support member (12), which consists of a belt lo... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6776280 | Guidance unit for conveyor belt The present invention relates to a belt guidance unit for centring a conveyor belt, which during operation is susceptible to lateral displacement away from a neutral position in its longitudinal direction. According to the invention the belt guidance unit can be emp... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6561344 | Belt, especially conveyer belt and method for manufacturing same Conveyer belts (10) are deflected many times along a conveying path of the objects to be conveyed. It has been shown that unpleasant squeaking noises are generated in the region of this deflection between the guide means (12) of the conveyer belt (10) and... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6550608 | Carton feeding system for packaging machine A carton feeding system for feeding cartons into a packaging machine is disclosed. The carton feeding system includes a frame in which a carton feeder is rotatably mounted and a carton guide assembly. The carton guide assembly includes a pair of spaced gu... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6505733 | Right angle power transfer A transfer assembly for a conveyor system includes a frame, a plurality of rollers mounted to the frame, a plurality of grooved transfer sheaves supported by the frame, and an actuator which selectively moves a group of the transfer conveyors between a re... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6505026 | Belt driving device and image forming apparatus using the same An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an endless belt for conveying a recording medium. The belt is passed over four support rollers each being formed with an annular guide groove that receives a guide formed on the belt. Assume tha... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6501936 | Heating mechanism for use in image forming apparatus A heating mechanism includes a paper transmitting path for carrying a paper, a fixing roller provided on this paper transmitting path, a pressurizing roller disposed so as to oppose the fixing roller, a heating roller provided apart from the fixing roller... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6453143 | Endless belt, method for manufacturing the endless belt, conveying device, tubular film, method for manufacturing the tubular film, and image forming apparatus In a transfer belt, serving as the endless belt, a groove is formed so as to set a side surface of the rib member at a position separated by a distance A from a lateral-direction end of the transfer belt. The distance A is longer than a distance X between... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6343489 | Bending rail band guide A variable radius bending apparatus is disclosed for bending a glass plate. The variable radius bending apparatus includes a bending rail having a longitudinal rail member and a drive drum and a tension drum rotatably attached thereto. A drive band is pos... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6336550 | Metallic conveyor belt arrangement A metallic conveyor belt arrangement for transporting bulk material comprises a metallic conveyor belt closed in itself and extending along a longitudinal axis. The metallic conveyor belt forms at least two ends, such as a slack end and a tight end, and a... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6298982 | External guide assembly for reducing conveyor belt drag An external guide assembly for reducing the frictional drag force acting on a side-flexing modular link conveyor belt, particularly along curves or bends in the conveyor system. The guide assembly is formed from one or more roller assemblies, each having ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6237753 | Conveyor apparatus and method A conveyor apparatus and method for a continuous haulage system and continuous conveyor belt are disclosed for carrying coal or ore. A middle roller and side sliders are connected with substantially flexible linkages on a roller-slider support piece suppo... | 05/29/2001 |
