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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:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 2/100 ;
Abstract
A conveyor apparatus according to the present invention comprises a tread guide rail which is provided on a structure , and a plurality to treads which moves along the tread guide rail . The plurality of treads are connected by a chain having pin rollers 5 . An eccentrically rotatable eccentric crank shaft is connected to a rotation drive unit . The eccentric crank shaft is connected to an oscillating body which oscillates in accordance with the eccentric rotation of the eccentric crank shaft . The oscillating body is provided with pin roller rolling teeth having a trochoid tooth profile for giving thrust to the pin rollers in accordance with the oscillation of the oscillating body