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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2020
General Kinematics Corporation, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Steve Massman, Poplar Grove, IL (US);
Kerry Quinn, Palatine, IL (US);
General Kinematics Corp., Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Abstract
A conveyor includes a trough with a floor having an upper surface configured to receive items to be conveyed in at least a first direction from a first end to a second end. The conveyor also includes a platform with at least one exciter attached thereto. The at least one exciter has at least one shaft with an eccentric mass attached thereto, the shaft having an axis of rotation about which the mass is rotated. The conveyor also includes a base. At least one first toroidal resilient member is disposed between the trough and the platform, and at least one second toroidal resilient member disposed between the platform and the base.