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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1981
Stanley J Majewski, Chicago, IL (US);
St. Charles Manufacturing Co., St. Charles, IL (US);
Abstract
A check-out counter assembly includes a cabinet that has an open space with guide rails located adjacent opposite edges of the space to receive a conveyor module which is completely self-contained and includes a power source as well as all of the removable components of the conveyor system. In addition, the respective rollers which support a conveyor belt are also designed as modular units which can be removed from the frame without any special tools. The conveyor module is designed so that power is automatically interrupted when the module is removed from the cabinet and the cabinet also has a safety plate which automatically interrupts the electric motor when an obstruction enters the space between the surface of the moving conveyor belt and the adjacent fixed surface of the cabinet.