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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2021
Span Tech Llc, Glasgow, KY (US);
James L. Layne, Bowling Green, KY (US);
Stephen C. Fye, Glasgow, KY (US);
Aaron Cotton, Glasgow, KY (US);
Nathan Lasley, Bowling Green, KY (US);
SPAN TECH LLC, Glasgow, KY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for supporting a guiderail for guiding one or more articles conveyed along a conveyor having a conveying path in a conveying direction. The apparatus includes a mount for mounting to the conveyor. The mount includes a support rail for supporting the guide rail, which support rail may have a length in the conveying direction less than a length of the conveyor. The support rail may include one or more stops for engaging one of a pair of movable supports. The supports may be slidably mounted to the support rail for adjusting a position of the guiderail relative to the conveyor in a direction transverse to the conveying direction. Related methods are also disclosed.