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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 1980
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Herbert J Beckius, York, PA (US);
Assignee:
Alto Corporation, York, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198778 ; 198815 ;
Abstract
An endless conveyor where the tension of the belt carrying the product cannot be readily adjusted during operation, the conveyor having a progressive counterweight device for tensioning of the belt where lengthening of the portion of the belt carrying the product automatically reduces the tension force and shortening of the belt carrying the product automatically increases the tensioned force.