Conveyors – chutes – skids – guides – and ways – Rollerways – Rollers
Patent
1976-06-11
1977-04-19
Blunk, Evon C.
Conveyors, chutes, skids, guides, and ways
Rollerways
Rollers
193 35MD, B65G 3902
Patent
active
040183220
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for the omni-directional movement of objects over a surface which includes a plurality of rotatable elements mounted between adjacent, parallel support members. The rotatable elements comprise a gimbaled ring mounted for rotation to the adjacent supports, a central disc rotatably mounted to the ring along an axis of rotation of the ring, and a plurality of lobes rotatably mounted to the central disc having axis of rotation equally distributed in a common plane and perpendicular to the rotational axis of the central disk. Associated with each rotatable element is a means which restricts the rotation of the gimbaled ring.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3976177 (1976-08-01), Brown
Brown Elwood B.
Kropp Helmut H.
Blunk Evon C.
Rexnord Inc.
Rowland James L.
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