Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor section – Endless conveyor
Patent
1983-10-11
1986-04-01
Valenza, Joseph E.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor section
Endless conveyor
474902, 464 62, 464 30, 198834, 198856, B65G 4300
Patent
active
045792186
ABSTRACT:
A conveyor travels in a helical path and is driven by a plurality of drive sprockets which are mounted on a common drive shaft. Each drive sprocket includes a yieldable portion which moves relative to a ring gear of the sprocket when the conveyor encounters an unyielding resistance. A sensor is activated in response to relative movement of the yieldable portion of the sprocket to provide an indication of which drive sprocket has sensed the resistance to conveyor travel.
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McDonald Gerard J.
Park David B.
Snyder James
Holmes Jonathan D.
Park David B.
Valenza Joseph E.
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