| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | MODULAR CONVEYING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | US14149674 | 2014-01-07 | US20140190799A1 | 2014-07-10 | Jim Porter; Kelly Parrish; Lance Ireland |
| Various modular conveyors, conveying systems, conveyor modules, and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, the conveyor comprises a module body and an upper member. The module body can be configured to receive one or more rolling elements. In some embodiments, the rolling elements protrude through openings in the module body and the upper member. In various embodiments, the rolling elements can be configured to engage a surface below the module body and/or an item on the conveyor, thereby facilitating multi-directional travel of the item. | ||||||
| 62 | HINGE ROD RETAINER FOR A MODULAR CONVEYOR BELT | US13421432 | 2012-03-15 | US20130240335A1 | 2013-09-19 | Gilbert J. MacLachlan |
| A hinge rod retainer for a modular conveyor belt. The retainer retains a hinge rod within a passageway, while allowing room for rod expansion or contraction relative to the belt width. The retainer comprises a flexible portion and a support forming an outside edge of the modular conveyor belt. The flexible portion comprises a flexible hook including an opening for allowing passage of the hinge rod into the passageway. The flexible hook defines a trapping region between the passageway and outside edge of the modular conveyor belt for trapping a hinge rod end. | ||||||
| 63 | Nested end link and multi-link conveyor chain | US13687372 | 2012-11-28 | US08485351B2 | 2013-07-16 | William Carleton Hall; Charles Stone Stalvey; Thomas Gerald Knolles |
| Disclosed is a multi-link conveyor that includes nestable end protector links that capture and retain link pins. The end protector link includes a first link segment having an outer wall, a non-circular bore having a cross-section larger than a cross-section of one of the pins, a circular counterbore connected to the non-circular bore and having a diameter larger than the head of one of the pins, and a circular countersink connected to the counterbore and having a first diameter that equals the diameter of the counterbore and a second diameter, flush with the outer wall, having a diameter larger than the first diameter. The end protector link includes a second link segment, adapted to nest with the first link segment of another end protector link, having an outer wall in a second vertical plane and a flush non-circular bore extending perpendicularly through the outer wall. | ||||||
| 64 | Conveyor Belt Link With Rod Retaining Feature | US13311900 | 2011-12-06 | US20130140152A1 | 2013-06-06 | Darroll Joseph Neely; Joseph A. Bowen |
| The present disclosure is directed to a pitch for a modular conveyor belt. In some embodiments, the pitch may include a link having a first leg, including an opening formed in the first leg. The opening may be defined by a first edge, a second edge opposite the first edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge opposite the first side edge. In addition, the pitch may include a projection associated with the first edge. In a first position, the projection may extend substantially perpendicularly away from the first edge towards the second edge so that a free end of the projection is positioned proximate the second edge. Also, the projection may be configured to deflect to a second position, in which the free end of the projection is deflected within the opening towards one of the first side edge and the second side edge. | ||||||
| 65 | END PROTECTOR LINK | US13468394 | 2012-05-10 | US20120217140A1 | 2012-08-30 | William Carleton Hall; Charles Stone Stalvey; Thomas Gerald Knolles, JR. |
| A nested end protector link for capturing first and second elongate link pins of a multi-link conveyor chain that includes a first link segment having an outer wall in a first vertical plane defining a protective bearing surface having a forward-facing convex face, and a rearward-facing concave face and a first pin access bore extending perpendicularly through the link between the forward-facing convex face and the rearward-facing concave face. A second link segment is integrally-formed with the first link segment and has an outer wall in a second vertical plane defining a protective bearing surface having a forward-facing concave face. A rearward-facing convex face is provided and has a second pin access bore extending perpendicularly through the link between the forward-facing concave face and the rearward-facing convex face. | ||||||
| 66 | Module for a Modular Conveyor Belt | US12742860 | 2008-12-23 | US20100258410A1 | 2010-10-14 | Philip J. Wunsch |
| A module for a modular conveyor belt includes a flexible retainer for retaining a hinge rod in a bore of the module. A stopper limits the bending movement of the retainer and supports the midportion of the retainer to prevent stresses generated in the retainer from exceeding its design stress. | ||||||
| 67 | End protector link for conveyor chain | US12468928 | 2009-05-20 | US07802675B2 | 2010-09-28 | William C. Hall |
| An end protector link for capturing and retaining first and second elongate link pins of a multi-link conveyor chain is provided. The end protector link includes an outer wall defining a protective bearing surface defining a pair of openings for allowing ingress and egress of respective enlarged heads of the first and second link pins, and an inner wall carried in spaced-apart relation to the outer wall and having a pair of retainer apertures generally aligned with respective ones of the pair of openings for capturing and retaining respective enlarged heads of the first and second link pins between facing surfaces of the outer wall and the inner wall. The protective bearing surface of the outer wall is adapted for being engaged by wearing surfaces past which the conveyor moves and thereby protecting the enlarged heads of the link pins from exposure to said wearing surfaces. | ||||||
| 68 | Rod retaining snap rod with enlarged retaining ring | US11278602 | 2006-04-04 | US07331447B2 | 2008-02-19 | Michal Krisl; Dietmar Elsner |
| A modular belt having modules intercalated and locked into position by a pivot rod having a retaining ring disposed in spaced apart relation relative to the end of the rod along the longitudinal axis. An outermost link end of the first plurality of link ends of the module has an opening that is larger in diameter and offset from the openings in the remaining link ends. The opening in the outermost link end may be substantially oblong-shaped with a portion of the opening coinciding with the remaining openings. The oblong shape improves the rod retaining function. | ||||||
| 69 | CONVEYOR CHAIN | US11781609 | 2007-07-23 | US20080011588A1 | 2008-01-17 | Charles Frost; Jonathan Rathbun; Ryan Kastamo |
| A section of chain for conveying product along a material handling system includes a pin connecting a center link between two side links. The pin may be dialable or selectably positioned at the side links to control and adjust the wear surface of the pin relative to the chain links. The pin may have a rotationally non-symmetrical shaft portion to provide different wear surfaces that engage a center link of the section of chain. The different wear surfaces may be sized and shaped to accommodate wear at the wear surface of the center link. The shaft portion may include a rotationally non-symmetrical ball member or portion on the shaft portion to enhance flexibility of the section of chain. The pin may be dialed to the next position or wear surface in response to an output of a wear measurement device or system. | ||||||
| 70 | Conveyor belt | US11268730 | 2005-11-08 | US20070175738A1 | 2007-08-02 | D. Neely; Aaron Neely |
| A conveyor belt including a plurality of link elements, and a pivot rod with a button head at one end. The button head is sized to pass through an outer opening and be received in a first edge extension when in a particular orientation. The pivot rod is retained with the button head received in the first edge extension by rotating the button head so that the button head is misaligned with respect to the first dimension of the outer opening. A method for assembling a conveyor belt is also provided. | ||||||
| 71 | Conveyor chain | US10969825 | 2004-10-21 | US07246699B2 | 2007-07-24 | Charles C Frost; Jonathan M Rathbun; Ryan L Kastamo |
| A section of chain for conveying product along a material handling system includes a pin connecting a center link between two side links. The pin may be dialable or selectably positioned at the side links to control and adjust the wear surface of the pin relative to the chain links. The pin may have a rotationally non-symmetrical shaft portion to provide different wear surfaces that engage a center link of the section of chain. The different wear surfaces may be sized and shaped to accommodate wear at the wear surface of the center link. The shaft portion may include a rotationally non-symmetrical ball member or portion on the shaft portion to enhance flexibility of the section of chain. The pin may be dialed to the next position or wear surface in response to an output of a wear measurement device or system. | ||||||
| 72 | Wear-resistant connector for a modular link conveyor belt | US11515542 | 2006-09-05 | US20070051588A1 | 2007-03-08 | Mark Russell |
| A connector for connecting modular conveyor links to form a belt includes a rod-like core and a powder coating forming a protective shell. The core may be stainless steel and the powder coating may be nylon. | ||||||
| 73 | Chain pin for hinge conveyor chains | US11483456 | 2006-07-10 | US20060249358A1 | 2006-11-09 | Stephan Hartman; Gijsbertus Verduijn |
| A method of assembling a hinge conveyor chain includes providing adjacent conveyor links formed from a ferritic-pearlitic stainless steel, wherein the adjacent links have interdigitating link ends with openings for receiving a pin, and inserting a pin having a radially outwardly facing surface formed from a steel alloy with more than 0.6 wt. % of carbon and more than 12 wt. % of Cr through the openings of the interdigitating link ends to pivotally link the adjacent links. | ||||||
| 74 | HINGE ROD RETENTION IN MODULAR CONVEYOR BELT EDGES BY MEANS OF RESILIENT BLOCKING ELEMENTS | US10907519 | 2005-04-04 | US20060219530A1 | 2006-10-05 | Stephen Melancon |
| An edge module for a modular plastic conveyor belt with a resilient blocking member for preventing migration of a hinge rod out of its resident position in the hinge joint of the belt. The edge module includes a hinge rod aperture intersected by a recess. A blocking element in the form of a resilient strip is retained at one end in the recess against a curved outer side wall of the recess in a blocking position occluding the aperture. The other end of the blocking element is elastically deformable away from the outer side wall into a non-blocking position by the force of a hinge rod being inserted into the aperture from the outside edge of the module. | ||||||
| 75 | Rod retaining snap rod with enlarged retaining ring | US10891807 | 2004-07-15 | US07108127B2 | 2006-09-19 | Michal Krisl |
| A modular belt having a first belt module and a second belt module intercalated and locked into position by a pivot rod having a head at one end and a retaining ring disposed in spaced apart relation relative to the head along the longitudinal axis. | ||||||
| 76 | Rod Retaining Snap Rod With Enlarged Retaining Ring | US11278602 | 2006-04-04 | US20060201791A1 | 2006-09-14 | Michal Krisl; Dietmar Elsner |
| A modular belt having modules intercalated and locked into position by a pivot rod having a retaining ring disposed in spaced apart relation relative to the end of the rod along the longitudinal axis. An outermost link end of the first plurality of link ends of the module has an opening that is larger in diameter and offset from the openings in the remaining link ends. The opening in the outermost link end may be substantially oblong-shaped with a portion of the opening coinciding with the remaining openings. The oblong shape improves the rod retaining function. | ||||||
| 77 | Chain pin for hinge conveyor chains | US10841106 | 2004-05-07 | US07097032B2 | 2006-08-29 | Stephan David Hartman; Gijsbertus Johannes Verduijn |
| A chain module according to the invention comprises at least one link from ferritic-pearlitic stainless steel and at least one chain pin, which chain pin comprises an outwardly facing surface formed from a steel alloy which is substantially non-seizing to the ferritic-pearlitic stainless steel of said link. Preferably, the chain pin comprises a steel alloy with more than 0.6 wt. % of carbon and more than 12 wt. % of chromium. | ||||||
| 78 | Conveyor belt and method of assembly | US10781857 | 2004-02-20 | US07073662B2 | 2006-07-11 | D. Joseph Neely; Jonathan R. Lasecki; Willem van Faassen |
| A conveyor belt and method for assembling a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt including a plurality of link elements and a plurality of pivot rods. Each link element includes a plurality of intermeshing extensions and at least one edge extension at a peripheral edge thereof. The plurality of intermeshing extensions form receiving compartments adapted to receive intermeshing extensions of an adjacent link element, and include transverse rod openings. The plurality of pivot rods are received in the transverse rod openings of the plurality of intermeshing extensions thereby interlinking adjacent link elements together. The edge extensions include an entry aperture sized to allow insertion of a pivot rod, and a rod receiving compartment to retain an end of the pivot rod. | ||||||
| 79 | End protector link for conveyor chain | US10534854 | 2003-02-27 | US20060054472A1 | 2006-03-16 | William Hall |
| An end protector link (60) captures and retains first and second elongate link pins of a multi-link conveyor chain, and includes an outer wall (41) defining a protective bearing surface, a spacer wall (62) carried by the outer wall, and an inner wall (63) carried by the spacer wall in spaced-apart relation to the outer wall and having a retainer aperture (75) for capturing and retaining respective enlarged heads (13) of the first and second link pins (12) between facing surfaces of the outer wall and the inner wall. The protective bearing surface of the outer wall is adapted for being engaged by wearing surfaces past which the conveyor moves to protect the enlarged heads (13) of the link pins to exposure to the wearing surfaces. | ||||||
| 80 | Conveyor belt and method of assembly | US10781857 | 2004-02-20 | US20050183936A1 | 2005-08-25 | D. Neely; Jonathan Lasecki; Willem Van Faassen |
| A conveyor belt and method for assembling a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt including a plurality of link elements and a plurality of pivot rods. Each link element includes a plurality of intermeshing extensions and at least one edge extension at a peripheral edge thereof. The plurality of intermeshing extensions form receiving compartments adapted to receive intermeshing extensions of an adjacent link element, and include transverse rod openings. The plurality of pivot rods are received in the transverse rod openings of the plurality of intermeshing extensions thereby interlinking adjacent link elements together. The edge extensions include an entry aperture sized to allow insertion of a pivot rod, and a rod receiving compartment to retain an end of the pivot rod. | ||||||
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