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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:
Dec. 18, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry Martin, Indiana, PA (US);
William Reed, Kitanning, PA (US);
Assignee:
FMC Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198763 ; 758759 ;
Abstract
A spring connection for a vibratory conveyor having a trough member including a side wall, includes two fasteners which are welded to the side wall. The connection includes a spring connection plate with corresponding fastener holes to receive the fasteners. Nuts are threaded onto the fasteners and torqued down to clamp the connection plate onto the side wall of the trough member. The spring connection plate carries a spring bracket with a mounting hole for connection to one or more springs.