Low-friction conveyor assembly

Details Low-friction conveyor assembly Low-friction conveyor assembly

1996-06-14

1998-07-07

Bidwell, James R.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor section

Endless conveyor

198852, B65G 2116

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057754802

ABSTRACT:
A conveyor suitable for transporting product along a conveyor path that includes curved segments. The conveyor assembly includes a frame and a section of railing attached to the frame and arranged in an arc to form the inside of a turn. The frame supports a modular conveyor belt made up of a series of rows of belt modules hingedly interlinked end to end into an endless conveyor belt capable of articulating about a drive sprocket and of fanning out in a turn. Selected rows of the belt include belt edge structure forming a recess inward of the belt edge and opening onto the edge. A roller is rotatably disposed in the recess. The roller's outer rotatable surface extends from the recess outward of the belt edge to engage the railing at the inside of a turn in low-friction, rolling contact.

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