161 |
QUICK SPLICE CONVEYOR BELT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR |
US12326950 |
2008-12-03 |
US20090145732A1 |
2009-06-11 |
Robert E. MAINE, JR.; George Howard Messick, JR.; Charles Hennigar; Chetwyn Jones |
A conveyor belt system includes a splice rod having a j-shaped hook on each end thereof and a plurality of links for receiving the splice rod therethrough. The links further include a specially modified link end for securing the rods. |
162 |
Conveyor belt |
US11268730 |
2005-11-08 |
US07530454B2 |
2009-05-12 |
D. Joseph Neely; Aaron Brantly 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. |
163 |
Chain pin for hinge conveyor chains |
US11483456 |
2006-07-10 |
US07243783B2 |
2007-07-17 |
Stephan David Hartman; Gijsbertus Johannes 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. |
164 |
Rod retaining snap rod with enlarged retaining ring |
US11499409 |
2006-08-04 |
US20060266627A1 |
2006-11-30 |
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. |
165 |
Device for retaining a headed pivot rod |
US10567634 |
2004-08-12 |
US20060237290A1 |
2006-10-26 |
Dieter Guldenfels; Paul Hirschmann; Michael Peach |
A belt module (10), modular belt assembly and method of configuring a modular belt to provide an edge portion for retaining a headed pivot rod (103). The edge portion has a blocking member (70) disposed in a slot (73) and movable between a first open position and a second closed position. In, the closed position, the blocking member extends into an edge portion pivot rod opening (51) to prevent the headed pivot rod from exiting the edge portion pivot rod opening. The edge portion pivot rod opening is larger than the first and second pivot rod openings in the first and second link ends of the belt module such that the pivot rod can only be removed in one direction. |
166 |
SCREEN BELT AND MODULES |
US11307819 |
2006-02-24 |
US20060185967A1 |
2006-08-24 |
Kyle Sedlacek; Mitchell Pansano; Gilbert MacLachlan |
A modular belt constructed of belt modules having a large open area, making the belt suitable for use as a traveling water screen. The modules include an intermediate portion composed of intersecting sets of link elements and transverse elements that form a gridlike pattern. Openings bounded by the walls of consecutive link elements and transverse elements form channels through the belt for the flow of water. The modules are connected together by hinge rods to form a belt that can be used as a water screen. Detachable flights or scoops for lifting debris or fish out of a stream are attachable to base modules. |
167 |
Hinge conveyor chain |
US10899545 |
2004-07-27 |
US06978885B1 |
2005-12-27 |
Jeffrey A. Schumacher |
A hinge conveyor chain includes at least two links, each of the links include a pin engaging surface for engaging a pin hingedly coupling the at least two links together. A pin hingedly coupling the at least two links includes an outwardly facing surface slidably engaging at least one of the pin engaging surfaces of the at least two links. One of the outwardly facing surface and the at least one pin engaging surfaces of the at least two links is formed from a steel alloy with at least about 2.5 wt. % Cu and the other of the outwardly facing surface and the at least one of the pin engaging surfaces of the at least one of the at least two links is formed from a stainless steel. |
168 |
Conveyor chain |
US10969825 |
2004-10-21 |
US20050061636A1 |
2005-03-24 |
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. |
169 |
Hinge rod retention clips in modular plastic conveyor belt edges |
US10605899 |
2003-11-05 |
US06857516B1 |
2005-02-22 |
Christopher J. Verdigets |
An edge module for a modular plastic conveyor belt providing a self-closing retention system for retaining headless hinge rods in modular plastic conveyor belts. The edge module has an opening in an outer edge portion of the module that receives a rod retention member. The rod retention member is movable from a blocking position occluding a hinge rod passageway through interleaved hinges of consecutive rows of belt modules to an unblocking position clear of the passageway. The rod retention member is hook-shaped with a flexible shank extending from a bend at one end to an enlarged head at the other end. The bend serves as a clip for attaching to a post formed in the opening. The head occludes the passageway in the blocking position. By flexing the shank, the head is moved out of the way to admit a rod into the passageway. Once the rod clears the head, the shank springs the head back into the blocking position. The rod retention member is moved to the unblocking position in two ways: by the force of a hinge rod against a contoured face on the head during insertion of the rod into a belt; or manually by a tool prying the shank. |
170 |
Link conveyor especially for round-bale presses |
US10479450 |
2004-06-28 |
US20040238333A1 |
2004-12-02 |
Thomas
Schuster |
A link conveyor, such as for use with a round bale press frequently used for compacting garbage, where the link conveyor includes a plurality of link strips which have multi-chamber extruded profiles which are mutually interconnected at their ends in an articulated manner by means of round rods and where the round rods fit into oblong hole profiles. The link conveyor provides extended working life by providing sacrificial wear areas and also facilitates replacement of worn parts. |
171 |
Oriented polymer hinge pins in modular plastic conveyor belts |
US10493257 |
2004-04-21 |
US20040200698A1 |
2004-10-14 |
David
C
Weiser; Kyle
j
Sedlacek; Sandra
A
Christiana; Andrew
A
Corley |
A modular plastic conveyor belt hingedly interconnected by hinge pins made of a highly oriented polymer material. The hinge pins are preferably extruded from a material including a highly oriented polymer, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, or nylon. Alternative materials include highly oriented acetal or polyurethane. Plastic hinge pins made with these polymers having their long molecules oriented along the axis of the shaft of the hinge pin are exceptionally strong and resistant to deformation. |
172 |
Locking arrangement for releasably locking a transverse rod to a chain link |
US10179303 |
2002-06-26 |
US06662938B2 |
2003-12-16 |
Poul Erik Damkjaer |
The invention provided for a conveyor belt wherein chain links are assembled such that eye parts are inserted into the intervals between two eye parts in the opposite chain link, whereafter the transverse rod according to the invention is inserted from one side of the conveyor belt through the overlapping openings in both chain links. When the notches provided on the transverse rod adjacent the head portion come into contact with the end face of the chain link, i.e. the side of the chain link, the notches can be brought into engagement with slits provided in the outmost chain link by twisting the head portion and pushing it into the end portion of the chain link. When the notches are engaged in the slits the transverse rod is fixated such that it will not move sideward in relation to the longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt. |
173 |
Manufacturing method for a plastic element |
US10366476 |
2003-02-14 |
US20030170421A1 |
2003-09-11 |
Poul
Erik
Damkjaer |
The present invention relates to a method and a mould for manufacturing plastic element as well as a plastic element having oppositely arranged eye parts where oppositely one eye part in relation to a substantially centrally placed stem is arranged a recess on the opposite side, where the manufactured plastic elements for example are chain links or a conveyor belt, and where the mould comprises two mould halves, where each part comprises protruding core parts and further a plastic element manufactured by the mentioned method of manufacture in the mentioned mould, where in the eye parts are provided through-going openings in the chain links with respect to the travel direction. It is the object of the invention to simplify moulds and the molding process as well as reduce the requirements for the size of the molding machine. This is achieved by a method where the mould comprises two halves with offset and side placed core parts, which create recesses between side placed eye parts on one side and cavities on the oppositely arranged eye parts, where the ultimate ends of the core parts on one mould half is brought into contact with side places interior parts of the core parts on the other mould part by closing the two-part mould. In this manner, pin bolts which until now have shaped the openings in the third dimension become superfluous. |
174 |
Locking arrangement for releasably locking a transverse rod to a chain link |
US10179303 |
2002-06-26 |
US20030168322A1 |
2003-09-11 |
Poul
Erik
Damkjaer |
The invention provided for a conveyor belt wherein chain links are assembled such that eye parts are inserted into the intervals between two eye parts in the opposite chain link, whereafter the transverse rod according to the invention is inserted from one side of the conveyor belt through the overlapping openings in both chain links. When the notches provided on the transverse rod adjacent the head portion come into contact with the end face of the chain link, i.e. the side of the chain link, the notches can be brought into engagement with slits provided in the outmost chain link by twisting the head portion and pushing it into the end portion of the chain link. When the notches are engaged in the slits the transverse rod is fixated such that it will not move sideward in relation to the longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt. |
175 |
Operating modular conveyor belts with migrating hinge pins |
US10000116 |
2001-10-31 |
US06604625B2 |
2003-08-12 |
Christopher G. Greve |
Structure and method for maintaining side-by-side belt modules aligned in a belt row of a modular conveyor belt in the absence of a hinge pin along at least a portion of one end of the belt row. Mating engagement structure on confronting sides of side-by-side modules maintains the modules in alignment. One version of mating engagement structure includes a protrusion, such as a rectangular pad, extending from a side of a belt module and a mating receptacle formed at the confronting side of an adjacent side-by-side module. The receptacle is defined by discontinuous wall structure forming a gap opening toward the top or bottom surface of the module. The modules are put together by sliding the protrusion into the receptacle through the gap in the wall structure. When modules with the mating engagement structure are interconnected side by side by a hinge pin through the hinge eyes along one end, the modules remain aligned despite the absence of a hinge pin interconnecting the hinge eyes on the opposite end. |
176 |
Conveyor chain |
US09942452 |
2001-08-30 |
US06564933B2 |
2003-05-20 |
Takayuki Morimoto; Hitoshi Ohara; Takashi Nakagawa; Masatoshi Sonoda |
A conveyor chain has a number of chain units connected together by connecting pins in an endless fashion. Each of the chain units is composed of a plurality of inverted tooth plates disposed in the width direction of the chain, and a slat disposed on one side of the tooth plates and extending across the width of the chain transversely across the tooth plates for carrying an object to be conveyed. The tooth plates each have a pair of inverted teeth formed on the other side thereof for meshing with sprocket teeth, and a pair of pin-accommodation holes for receiving a pair of connecting pins, respectively. The connecting pins each connect adjacent two chain units such that the tooth plates of one chain unit are interleaved with the tooth plates of the other chain unit. |
177 |
Plastic chain and pin retainer |
US09511491 |
2000-02-23 |
US06308825B1 |
2001-10-30 |
Tsuyoshi Nakamura |
A plastic conveyor chain includes a plurality of plastic link elements connected with each other by connecting pins extending through respective pin holes in the link elements. A retainer device retains the connecting pins in the pin holes, and includes a plug which is normally retained by the link element and which is thus prevented from being lost. The plug is movable in a direction intersecting with an axial direction of the connecting pin, between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the plug is partly situated in the pin hole for normally preventing an unintended axial withdrawal of the connection pin from the pin hole. In the second position, the plug is retracted from the pin hole for allowing an intended axial withdrawal of the connecting pin from the pin hole whenever necessary. |
178 |
Link in a chain for conveying products |
US55593 |
1998-04-06 |
US6029802A |
2000-02-29 |
Clemente Musiari; Piero Mondello |
A link in a chain for conveying--in an unusually reliable manner--products such as containers, packets and the like in a given direction, comprises a link body with opposite side edges, a pin which is inserted through the link body and has head and tail ends supported in the side edges, and a plurality of rollers mounted so that they can rotate idly on the pin between the side edges, the head end of the pin being inserted in the corresponding side edge by means of a snap action. |
179 |
Retention clip for conveyor belts |
US701502 |
1996-08-22 |
US5899322A |
1999-05-04 |
Robert N. Gamble, Jr. |
A conveyor belt is made from rows of plastic conveyor belt modules having interfitting end members in adjacent rows connected by a lateral pivot rods extending through aligned holes in the end members. To retain the pivot rods in place an outermost end member of each module is provided with an aperture intersecting its pivot rod hole at a location adjacent one end of the pivot rod. A rotary cylindrical stop member is fitted in the aperture to block the end of the pivot rod. The stop member has a lateral through-bore which can be aligned with the pivot rod hole when the stop member is rotated in the aperture to a release position so that the pivot rod can be removed through the stop member. |
180 |
Direction changing mechanism for transferring articles between
transverse conveyors |
US374849 |
1995-01-19 |
US5634550A |
1997-06-03 |
Peter J. Ensch; Paul J. Marks; Thomas Montaine; Timothy J. Schladweiler |
The invention provides a conveying apparatus including an upstream conveyor, a downstream conveyor oriented perpendicularly to the upstream conveyor to form a butt turn, and a mechanism for transferring conveyed articles from the upstream conveyor to the downstream conveyor. The transfer mechanism includes guide rails that provide a corner to change the direction of travel of the conveyed articles and a transfer assist conveyor for supporting the articles as they travel between the upstream and downstream conveyors. The transfer assist conveyor runs alongside the upstream conveyor and has a cantilevered section that extends over the sprocket location of the downstream conveyor to perform the function of a prior art static transfer plate. |