Libbey-Owens-Ford Co.

Earl J Olson

Charles W Sutton

Robert G Revells

Devices for lifting and lowering the driven ends of large, heavy rotating conveyor rolls and having a rigid member provided with portions engaging bearing housings journalling the driven ends of the rolls. Rotatable members, operatively connected to the rigid member, lift and lower the engaging portions in a vertical path relative to a stationary surface mounting the bearing housings so that shims supporting the conveyor rolls in a common planar position may be removed or placed therebeneath, whereby conveyor rolls in the conveying system can be removed and installed.

Lifting devices employed in removing and installing rotating conveyor

An apparatus for supporting and conveying glass sheets on a series of conveyor rolls having arcuately curved central portions normally disposed in an upper common horizontal plane for supporting a flat sheet of heat-softened glass to be bent and pivotable into a lower angular position out of engagement with said flat sheet upon engagement thereof along its marginal edge portions by the shaping rail of an upwardly movable female press member. Each conveyor roll is provided with a two-piece coupling comprised of a first section secured to the conveyor roll and a second section operatively connected to a drive arrangement. The sections are angularly rotated relative to each other to effect precise angular adjustments therebetween for varying the angular attitude of the associated conveyor roll in its lower position of use.

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Lathrop, CA, United States of America

Earl J Olson