Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor section – Unit load conveying surface means moved about an endless or...
Patent
1990-01-30
1991-04-02
Valenza, Joseph E.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor section
Unit load conveying surface means moved about an endless or...
198831, 198852, B65G 1742
Patent
active
050040979
ABSTRACT:
An overlay for use in a conveyor system having at least one ware transport section and made up of a succession of overlays for transporting articles, wherein each overlay is supported and moved along by a belt of spaced rod members extending transversely of the direction of travel of the belt which slides upon at least one rail. Each overlay includes a upper overlay surface upon which articles are supported. The upper overlay surface has an overlay leading portion with a leading edge and a trailing portion with a trailing edge. The overlay is provided with a forward support means which are removably attached to an attachment rod member, an anti-tipping means for preventing the overlay from pivoting about the attachment rod member out of the plane of the belt while the overlay travels through the transport section of the conveyor system, and, optionally, if the belt is to travel through an arcuate path about an axis parallel to the plane of the belt or through a vertical path, an anti-rotation means for preventing the overlay from pivoting about the attachment rod member while travelling through such an arcuate path or such a vertical path. The overlay trailing portion extends over a trailing rod member of the belt and cooperates with the forward support means to maintain the overlay in a horizontal position while in the transport section of the conveyor system and the rod members are parallel to each other.
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Roinestad Gerald C.
Straight Michael R.
Ashworth Bros. Inc.
Valenza Joseph E.
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