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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Erich J Feldl, Poquoson, VA (US);
Assignee:
Pace Corporation, Newport News, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198583 ; 198816 ; 1988602 ; 198835 ;
Abstract
A portable conveyor system having multiple, separable, conveyor sections, a separable latching bridge mechanism disposed between and connecting each two adjacent conveyor sections, a single drive motor for the system, a belt driving gear arrangement on each end of each conveyor section for driving the conveyor belt, a pair of idling gears carried by each separable latching bridge mechanism and adapted to engage and connect the roller gears on adjacent conveyor sections when the latching bridge mechanism is employed to latch adjacent conveyor sections. Snugger rollers are provided to adjust the tension on the conveyor belt on each conveyor section.