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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7244205 | Key sprocket drive system A key sprocket drive system for a conveyor belt having a drive drum having an outer surface. The outer surface of the drive drum is adapted to engage a securement means. A contoured collar has an inner surface and an outer surface. The contoured collar is adapted to... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7228924 | Single locking collar and sprocket hub apparatus and method An apparatus and assembly method including a sprocket hub and a locking collar for go kart vehicles and other land vehicles with drive axles is provided. The present invention eliminates the need for two locking collars on either side of the sprocket hub. The invent... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7147099 | Sprockets in a cleanable modular belt conveyor An easy-to-clean conveyor with sprockets that reveal the hinge area of a modular conveyor belt to a fluid spray. A conveyor includes a modular belt constructed of rows of belt modules hingedly linked together in series by hinge pins into an endless belt loop. A spro... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7070042 | Blade pulley A bladed pulley including a plurality of blades extending from a first end to a second end. The bladed pulley having spaced apart blades and an open, central volume configuration to permit conveyed material to fall through the pulley. The bladed pulley further havin... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6953413 | Axial position changing transmission mechanism A mechanism (25) for transmitting torque from one or between several torque transmitting members (14A, 16A) for which sliding in the axial direction between the torque transmitting surface(s) of the mechanism (25) and the member(s) (14... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6942090 | Blade pulley A bladed pulley including a plurality of blades extending from a first end to a second end. The bladed pulley having spaced apart blades and an open, central volume configuration to permit conveyed material to fall through the pulley. The bladed pulley further havin... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935488 | Blade pulley A bladed pulley including a plurality of blades extending from a first end to a second end. The bladed pulley having spaced apart blades and an open, central volume configuration to permit conveyed material to fall through the pulley. The bladed pulley further havin... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6086495 | Split sprocket assembly A split sprocket assembly. The sprocket assembly does not require additional separate fasteners and extends substantially parallel to the axis of the drive shaft. Further, the sprocket assembly includes first and second sprocket sections having integrally... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6074316 | Split sprocket device A split sprocket is formed in two opposing half sprocket parts of essentially identical conformation and structure. The halves, when married, form a typical sprocket which may also be a gear or drive pulley. A ring is adapted to engage a circular groove o... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5927479 | Chain drum arrangement for scraper chain conveyors A chain drum arrangement for a central or double central scraper chain conveyor which includes a divided chain wheel and shell-type chain wheel segments which are attached and locked in rotation to or detachably from the shaft. The chain wheel is secured ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5848947 | Split power transfer member A pair of sprockets for use in a double chain and sprocket coupling for transmission of torque between shafts which are in approximate axial alignment with each other, and the abutting ends of which are closely spaced. Each of the sprockets is formed as o... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5833562 | Split hub assembly A split hub assembly including a split sprocket, a split hub, and members to connect the split sprocket together. The formed split sprocket is disposed over the split hub by complementarily tapered surfaces to maintain the split hub coupled together. Inst... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5810686 | Divisible sprocket wheel The invention relates to a divisible sprocket wheel manufactured from synthetic material and having a gear ring (1b) and a hub portion (1a), comprising two wheel halves (1) which are manufactured by means of injection molding and have their axial faces (1... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5702316 | Modular split sprocket assembly A split sprocket assembly mountable on a shaft comprises a pair of substantially semi-circular sprocket halves, each of the sprocket halves having a mating face joined at a split line between the sprocket halves and having a concentric bore. Each of the s... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5393271 | Quick change sproket A mounting method for split sprockets which embodies radial slots in all mounting bolt positions; except the two mounting bolt positions disected by the split ends of the sprocket, the aforementioned radial slots extending from the center bore outward to;... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5389044 | Split sprocket and retainer assembly A split sprocket and retainer assembly are provided for mounting on the drive shaft of a chain drive system, such as a conveyor drive system. The sprocket is split diametrically into two sections and includes a hub. Cross fixing bolts across the hub secur... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5378203 | Mechanical donut and assembly An improved mechanical donut and donut assembly in which donuts made of plastic materials are formed in segments that facilitate installation, removal and/or replacement for manufacture and maintenance. The donuts of the preferred embodiments are made of ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5322478 | Divisible sprocket wheel Sprocket wheels for use in chain conveyors, for instance, are preferably of a divisible construction so as to enable each wheel to be removed from the shaft separately. Also, on the basis of considerations of hygiene, the outer side surface of such a whee... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5279526 | Replaceable sprocket wheel assembly for modular link belt systems Sprocket wheels for modular plastic link belts are made in two mating halves for expediting removal perpendicularly away from a coaxial drive shaft about which they are supported without disassembly of the shaft. To assure axial alignment and stability of... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5238227 | Windlass, drum winch A clamp on combination chain and rope hauler wheel formed from two semi-circles half wheels having an outer periphery adaptable for gripping the links of a chain and a rope which are removably clamp together and gripping clamp around a drum. The gripping ... | 08/24/1993 |
| 4964842 | Two piece power transmission component A two piece power transmission component manufactured in segments, each segment having a central opening for assembly around a shaft, a pair of fastener flanges and mating sockets, each having a fastener flange and a mating locking ridge to facilitate ass... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4402390 | Conveyor roll A conveyor roll adapted for mounting on a shaft comprises a pair of opposed roll halves of a resilient material of semi-cylindrical shape, each having a semi-cylindrical recess. A pair of opposed semi-cylindrical metal insert halves are nested and secured... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4253344 | Sprocket drum assembly A sprocket drum assembly is constituted by two complementary, radially-separable sprocket drum assembly parts. The assembly comprises a hollow, cylindrical drum and a sprocket wheel having an odd number of sprocket teeth. The two assembly parts meet along... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4124167 | Material spreader for mounting on a vehicle A material spreader for spreading sand, salt or the like. The spreader is mounted on a vehicle or a trailer with the material being discharged from the rear. The spreader includes a fiberglass hopper and hopper housing with a stainless steel endless conve... | 11/07/1978 |
