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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
May. 30, 2003
Omair Zubair, Kenner, LA (US);
Gerald O'connor, Mandeville, LA (US);
Kyle Sedlacek, New Orleans, LA (US);
Omair Zubair, Kenner, LA (US);
Gerald O'Connor, Mandeville, LA (US);
Kyle Sedlacek, New Orleans, LA (US);
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Abstract
A low-friction conveyor () including a conveyor belt () supported on self-contained rollers () riding along a carryway (). The conveyor includes a modular conveyor belt constructed of a series of rows of belt modules () connected into a loop by hinge joints between adjacent rows (). The belt is supported on a carryway. Drive surfaces are accessible from the interior side () of the belt loop. Drive elements, such as sprockets (), drive on the drive surfaces to move the belt along the carryway. The belt rollers are recessod inward of the outer side () of the belt loop and extend past the interior side of the belt loop. In this way, the rollers engage the carryway in low-friction, rolling contact.