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Sanitary roller conveyor

US3931878A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 4, 1974
Grant dateJan 13, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 4, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G39/09
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The specification discloses a roller conveyor having a plurality of elongated cylinders arranged to define a planar conveyor path. Each of the cylinders includes a low friction plastic bearing member rigidly mounted in the end thereof, with each of the bearing members including blind sockets formed in the centers. The cylinders are disposed between a pair of parallel side rails and a plurality of rigid metal shafts are connected along the interior sides of the rails. The ends of the shafts are received within the blind sockets in the bearing members such that the bearing members and cylinders rotate relative to the rigid metal shafts.

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