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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2017
Dean Foods Company, Dallas, TX (US);
Larry Sewell, Moreno Valley, CA (US);
Dean Foods Company, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A device is adapted to be coupled to a conveyor system and recondition at least one chain of the conveyor system. The device includes a base and at least one attachment element coupled to the base. The attachment element is adapted to detachably couple the device to the conveyor system. At least one reconditioning element is coupled to the base, and the reconditioning element is adapted to engage and recondition the chain as the chain moves relative to the reconditioning element. At least one biasing element is coupled to the reconditioning element, and the biasing element urges the reconditioning element away from the base and into engagement with the chain.