Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor section – Endless conveyor
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-27
2005-12-27
Bidwell, James R. (Department: 3651)
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor section
Endless conveyor
C198S781030
Reexamination Certificate
active
06978884
ABSTRACT:
A flexible drive shaft for a turn portion of a transfer device, such as a conveyor. The flexible drive shaft can be made from wound steel, wound plastic, wound cable or other wound material. In one embodiment, multiple rollers are rotatably mounted to a support structure of the conveyor and traverse the turn portion of a conveyor. The flexible drive shaft can be mounted to the support structure, and can follow the turn portion. A connector can join the rollers and flexible drive shaft, so that force can be transferred from the flexible drive shaft to the rollers, causing them to rotate.
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Bidwell James R.
Lockwood Dirk A.
Warner & Norcross & Judd LLP
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