Flexible roller assembly

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2011-06-21

2011-06-21

Omgba, Essama (Department: 3726)

Metal working

Method of mechanical manufacture

Roller making

C029S426500, C492S045000, C492S016000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07963037

ABSTRACT:
A compliant roller assembly comprising an elastomeric tube for rolling along a surface, which tube is inherently compliant to irregularities in the surface. Within the tube but smaller than the inner diameter thereof is a core apparatus comprising a non-rotating mounting element supportive of a plurality of idle rollers, extending from the mounting element in the direction of tube travel, the idle rollers making contact with the inner wall of the tube, preferably at a line orthogonal to the contact line of the tube with the surface being rolled. In a preferred embodiment, the core apparatus exerts no force vector toward the surface being rolled, the weight of the elastomeric tube itself exerting sufficient force.

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