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Endless chain conveyor

US4462524A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 27, 1981
Grant dateJul 31, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 27, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G21/22
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The conveyor comprises an assembly of links each of which links comprises two longitudinally extending bars articulated to two opposed trunnions of a cross-member the other two opposed trunnions of which act as an articulation to the bars of an adjacent link. Each trunnion is capped by a carrying or steering roller which rolls along a track carried by a guide rail. The roller includes a rolling bearing having cylindrical rolling elements and in particular needles.

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