Drive roller unit

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1990-05-30

1991-06-04

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor section

Live roll

198787, 198788, 2441371, B65G 1302

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050206575

ABSTRACT:
A drive roller unit for driving an article on a conveyor track comprises first and second drive rollers which can be driven in rotation by an electric motor by way of a transmission. The drive rollers are arranged with their axes of rotation in concentric side-by-side relationship and are each driven by the electric motor by way of a respective transmission wheel. The electric motor drives the first transmission wheel while the second transmission wheel is coupled to the first transmission wheel by means of a slipping clutch whose clutch torque is such that the clutch does not slip and the drive rollers thus rotate in the same direction as long as the driven article can move substantially unbraked or unimpeded beyond the drive roller unit, the clutch however slipping if the article is unable to move freely and thus applies a braking force to the second roller, whereby the unit is turned about a vertical axis to re-orient the article for further free movement thereof in a fresh direction.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3690440 (1972-09-01), MacPherson
patent: 4792037 (1988-12-01), Huber
patent: 4949837 (1990-08-01), Huber

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