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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2022
Flexible Steel Lacing Company, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Mark Steven Pettinga, Grandville, MI (US);
Flexible Steel Lacing Company, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a gap blocker is provided for a roller conveyor having rollers for conveying an object in a downstream longitudinal direction. The rollers include adjacent rollers having a longitudinally extending gap therebetween and at least one of the rollers has an annular groove for receiving a drive member. The gap blocker includes a body configured to be supported in the gap by the adjacent rollers and an upper blocking portion of the body to extend across the gap. The body further includes a locating member configured to extend into the annular groove and inhibit lateral movement of the body in the gap.
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