Roller drive unit

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1997-03-04

1999-11-16

Bucci, David A.

Material or article handling

Self-loading or unloading vehicles

Conveyor

414531, 414535, 198782, 198788, 2441371, B65G 1302

Patent

active

059846151

ABSTRACT:
A roller drive unit with a roller, a motor to drive the roller, a drive shaft coupled to the motor, and a gear system to couple the roller to the drive shaft. The gear system has a drive gear coupled in a non-rotating manner to the drive shaft, and a driven gear coupled to the roller on the one hand and to the drive gear on the other. The drive unit also includes a support element on which the roller is supported in a rotary manner and which is in turn rotatable about the axis of the roller, a device for limiting the angular range about which the support element rotates, and a supporting device for receiving the force acting by means of a load on the roller. The support element carries at least one eccentric cam supported on a cam support.

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patent: 5660268 (1997-08-01), Paauwe et al.
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