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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:
May. 22, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
James H Kramer, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
The B. F. Goodrich Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198823 ; 1988603 ;
Abstract
A troughing conveyor support assembly for an endless conveyor belt having a pair of laterally spaced rigid supports wherein each support is fastened to the outer shell of a torsion spring. Each torsion spring has an inner shaft member that is connected to one end of a pivotable arm member. The arm member has its other end connected to a rod, the laterally spaced rods pivotally support the respective ends of a flexible tensile backing member which in turn has a strip of low friction material secured thereto for support the bottom surface of a conveyor belt.