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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2007
Applicants:
John Dowling, Lindale, GA (US);
Stefanus Petrus Bezuidenhout, Sanford, NC (US);
Inventors:
John Dowling, Lindale, GA (US);
Stefanus Petrus Bezuidenhout, Sanford, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 39/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A roller assembly for supporting a moving belt and including at least one roller mounted for rotation about a roller axis; and a support arrangement, the roller assembly being mounted on the support arrangement for pivotal displacement about a pivot point, characterized in that the belt tracking regulator includes guide means operable, in use, to constrain the pivotal displacement of the roller assembly to move in a plane containing the pivot and tilted at an acute angle with respect to a horizontal plane defined through the pivot point.