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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2022
Laitram, L.l.c., Harahan, LA (US);
Matthew Vulpetti, Metairie, LA (US);
Ryan Hale, New Orleans, LA (US);
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Abstract
A conveyor component for use in a conveyor includes a flexible hub for mounting a shaft and a continuous rim connected to the flexible hub for contacting a conveyor belt. The flexible hub includes a peripheral gap that can be widened using an expansion tool to enlarge a shaft-receiving opening formed by the flexible hub. Positioning tabs on a radially inner surface of the flexible hub move into engagement with a groove on the shaft when the conveyor component is in a relaxed state and the peripheral gap is contracted and out of engagement with the groove when the peripheral gap is expanded, and the flexible hub is flexed.