Low pressure live roll conveyor

Abstract

Abstract 1. LIVE ROLL CONVEYOR CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING FRAME MEANS HAVING SPACED PARALLEL MOUNTING RAILS, A PLURALITY OF CONVEYOR ROLLS ROTATABLY SUPPORTED ON AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID RAILS, BELT MEANS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY BETWEEN SAID MOUNTING RAILS AND ENGAGING SAID ROLLS, DRIVE MEANS CONNECTED TO THE BELT MEANS FOR MOVING SAID BELT MEANS TO DRIVE THE ROLLS, A PLURALITY OF PRESSURE REGULATING ROLL MEANS, EACH INCLUDING A BRACKET HAVING FIRST AND SECOND ENDS, A PRESSURE ROLL ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BRACKET FIRST END, AND COUNTERWEIGHT MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID BRACKET SECOND END, LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SLOT MEANS HAVING AN UPPER EDGE FORMED IN THE BRACKET BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND ENDS, FULCRUM BAR MEANS PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE PRESSURE ROLL MEANS AND CARRIED BY THE RAILS AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BRACKET SLOT MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID BRACKET ON SAID MOUNTING RAILS, WHEREBY THE COUNTERWEIGHT MEANS MOVES DOWNWARDLY ABOUT THE FULCRUM BAR MEANS TO BIAS SAID PRESSURE ROLL MEANS UPWARDLY INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BELT MEANS, AND A PLURALITY OF NOTCH MEANS FORMED IN THE SLOT MEANS UPPER EDGE SELECTIVELY ENGAGING THE FULCRUM BAR MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY POSITIONING THE BRACKET ON THE FULCRUM BAR MEANS WHEREBY THE FORCE EXERTED ON THE BELT MEANS BY THE PRESSURE ROLL MEANS MAY BE VARIED. D R A W I N G

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• 👤 R Kohl

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