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Conveyor for use in the automotive industry

Patent 6241082 Issued on June 5, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject June 28, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Patent #: 4228738
Issued on: 10/21/1980
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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 09/340744 filed on 06/28/1999

US Classes:

198/845, Carrier belt supported or guided by rotatable means attached thereto104/89, SUSPENDED198/678.1, Endless conveyor having means for suspending load198/687Chain or pivotally connected members drive means connected to hanger below hanger support means

Examiners

Primary: Lillis, Eileen D.
Assistant: Chin, Paul T.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

B65G 9/00 (20060101)
B65G 17/20 (20060101)

Abstract

A conveyor intended to conduct components to different work stations, the conveyor including:a bearing and guide rail positioned on the work site so as to conduct the products to be conveyed to the work stations,a traction member carried by the rail the member being driven by a drive unit, anda multitude of trolleys movable on the rail and to which the components are attached, each trolley having two wheels running on the rail and two arms bearing the load to be conveyed.The wheels of the trolley include a central core and an outer band both made of composite material and positively connected by fixing element which immobilize the outer band with respect to the central core in order to absorb tensile or compressive stresses and shocks, thereby reducing the noise, wear and lubrication of the elements of the conveyor.

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