Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor section – Endless conveyor
Patent
1996-10-04
1999-02-02
Bidwell, James R.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor section
Endless conveyor
271250, B65G 2120
Patent
active
058653007
ABSTRACT:
A presser assembly for a turning conveyor comprises multiple presser rollers that are mounted with the axis of rotation of each roller generally parallel to a radius of the turn and at sufficiently close spacings that each article is pressed against the conveyor by at least one of the presser rollers at all times during its traverse of the conveyance path around the turn. Positive turn-gripping of each article is attained by use of resiliently compressible presser rollers having significant width and which are tapered, sized and canted such that the presser-contact segment of its periphery is parallel to the underlying conveyance surface and moves in the same direction and at the same velocity as the underlying segment of the conveyor, across the full width of the roller, whereby each article is maintained in the same orientation relative to the underlying conveyor throughout the turn. Each of the rollers is mounted for free floating action toward and away from the conveyor surface, and all of the presser rollers are mounted on one vertically adjustable support whereby all are simultaneously adjustable vertically to accommodate articles of significantly different thicknesses.
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