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Power and free roller conveyor

US4733772A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 24, 1985
Grant dateMar 29, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 24, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G13/071
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A plurality of rollers are carried by a support and have friction wheels fixedly secured, the wheels being frictionally engaged by further friction wheels which are slidably and non-rotatably carried on an input drive shaft. Biasing springs on the shaft urge the wheels into engagement with the wheels and the bias of the springs is adjustable by collars on the shaft to selectively vary the torque transmitted from the shaft to the rollers.

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