Laitram, LLC

Thermodrive LLC

Mol Belting Systems, Inc.

Mol Belting Company

Handstand Innovations, LLC

Intralox, L.l.c.

Edward T Mol

Michael Hendrik DeGroot

Friso Antonius Maria Oonk

Laurentius G J Wolters

Jeff Batchelder

James David Honeycutt

Ruizhe Ma

Gerko Hulshof

James R Honeycutt, Jr

Roel Marcel Mellink

Michael Hendrik Degroot

Laurentius Gj Wolters

Gilbert J MacLachlan

Joseph M DePaso

Angela Longo Marshall

Timothy J DeRoche

Michael DeGroot

Laurens G J Wolters

Daniel Robert Hendrickson

Eric D Erikson

Susan J Vanderploeg

Laurens Gj Wolters

Timothy J Deroche

Gilbert J Maclachlan

Michael Degroot

Jr Honeycutt James R

Jr James R Honeycutt

Laurentius GJ Wolters

Laurens GJ Wolters

James Honeycutt

A conveyor employs a low-tension, direct drive conveyor belt, and a snap-on position limiter for ensuring proper engagement of the belt and a drive sprocket. The position limiter includes a body, a limiting surface and a snap clap opposite the limiting surface for snapping the position limiter to a mounting shaft. The position limiter may include a mounting arm for mounting a conveyor belt scraper at the front of the position limiter. Mounting plates at the end of the conveyor support a mounting shaft for mounting the position limiter or other conveyor components in place relative to the drive sprocket.

Snap-on position limiter for a conveyor belt

A cleanable belt conveyor and a method for making a cleanable belt conveyor having a simplified frame design. The conveyor includes at least one toolbar and one or more auxiliary components mounted to the toolbar using a snap clamp having a protrusion that mates with a channel on the toolbar.

Cleanable conveyor frame assembly including snap-on components

An endless conveyor belt comprises a flat belt with sidewalls. Each sidewall has slots spaced at regular intervals, and disposed at an acute angle relative to the facing surface of the sidewall, so that the belt can make a reverse bend with minimal obstruction. The sidewall may have overlapping sections in an alternate embodiment.

Conveyor belt with sidewalls

A conveyor employs a low-tension, direct drive conveyor belt, and a snap-on position limiter for ensuring proper engagement of the belt and a drive sprocket. The position limiter includes a body, a limiting surface and a snap clap opposite the limiting surface for snapping the position limiter to a mounting shaft. The limiting surface may comprise rotatable rollers mounted to the body, or a continuous arcuate surface. The position limiter may include a mounting arm for mounting a conveyor belt scraper at the front of the position limiter.

A motorized drum () has a drum shell () with a motor () there within and an end lid () of a determined diameter with an end lid recess (). An end lid remover tool () has an outer circumferential geometry with a larger diameter and a tool recess (). The tool recess complements the end lid recess. A joining cord () has a cross-sectional geometry that corresponds to the combination of the end lid recess and the tool recess. An inlet enables access to the channel, and a flexible member () is installed therethrough to occupy the channel. A slide hammer () applies an axially outward force whereby the end lid is urged axially outward in response to outward force conveyed to the end lid arrangement via the flexible member. The remover tool can have alternatively a circumferential spiral geometry that is configured to engage an outer circumferential spiral geometry of the end lid.

End lid design and removal tool

A conveyor has a belt arranged to be urged around conveyor rollers, and a belt cover formed of an endless loop of fabric material and is in frictional communication over the belt. The belt cover is formed of two plies that are arranged to be adhered to one another in an edge region of the belt cover. The communication between the belt cover and the belt has a coefficient of friction of &#x2dc;0.50. A message is printed on the outer ply of the belt cover. In addition, an antimicrobial material is disposed on the belt cover, and is formed of silver nanoparticles embedded in a polyurethane film having a thickness of &#x2dc;0.5 mil.

Coupling arrangement for self-aligning conveyor belt cover

A thermoplastic endless belt has a smooth outer surface substantially free of discontinuities and an inner surface with a plurality of teeth at a given belt pitch. The teeth are adapted to engage a sprocket with circumferentially spaced sheaves at a sprocket pitch greater than the belt pitch. The belt is slightly stretchable so that the sprocket can drive the endless belt when engaging the teeth within a range of load on the belt. The belt is preferred for use in conveyors in food processing industries where the smooth outer surface can transport food items and is easier to clean and keep free of impurities.

Conveyor belt

A toothed belt connector for making an endless belt has two leaves, adapted to be connected to each other by knuckles along one or more teeth. Each knuckle has at least one hole extending through tooth portions so that when the holes are in registry, a pin can be extended through the holes to connect the leaves at the teeth. The leaves can be adjoined to the ends of a belt to make the belt endless. The tip end of each knuckle can be beveled or it can have a stepped finger that fits into a cutout on the opposite leaf to keep the end of the knuckle from protruding as the belt wraps around a sprocket.

Thermoplastic belt connector with fingers

A thermoplastic toothed belt connector () for making an endless belt () has two leaves (), adapted to be hingedly connected to each other by knuckles () along one or more teeth (). Each knuckle () has a hole () extending through tooth portions () so that when the holes () are in the registry, a pin () can be extended through the holes () to form the hinge at the teeth (). The leaves () can be adjoined to the ends of a thermoplastic belt () to make the belt endless.

Thermoplastic belt connector

A thermoplastic endless belt () has a smooth outer surface () substantially free of discontinuities and an inner surface () with a plurality of teeth () at a given belt pitch (). The teeth () are adapted to engage a sprocket () with circumferentially spaced sheaves () at a sprocket pitch () greater than the belt pitch (). The belt () is slightly stretchable so that the sprocket () can drive the endless belt () when engaging the teeth () within a range of load on the belt (). The belt () is preferred for use in conveyors in food processing industries where the smooth outer surface () can transport food items and is easier to clean and keep free of impurities.

An interwoven belting fabric for using conveyors, including treadmills, is constructed of a dual layer of weft yarns comprising adjacent couplets, and a plurality of binder warp yarns. Each binder warp yarn extends over of couplets of weft yarns, and under a plurality of adjacent couplets of weft yarns so that the warp yarns extends under more couplets in the lower layer then extends over couplets in the upper layer.

Interwoven belt fabric

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Edward T Mol