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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:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
David M Pruett, Canon City, CO (US);
Assignee:
Portec, Inc., Oak Brook, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198814 ; 198831 ;
Abstract
Apparatus wherein an endless moving conveyor belt is trained around two spaced apart shafts and wherein at least one of the shafts is mounted in a bearing that is resiliently urged in a direction away from the other shaft to provide the proper tension in the endless moving conveyor belt, and shock absorbing apparatus is provided for absorbing excessive forces placed on the bearing with or without the resilient urging of the bearing.