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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. 28, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Patrick M. Mcguire, Trophy Club, TX (US);
Donald K. Wier, Mansfield, TX (US);
Inventors:
Patrick M. McGuire, Trophy Club, TX (US);
Donald K. Wier, Mansfield, TX (US);
Assignee:
Transnorm System, Inc., Arlington, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 23/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is a system for applying tension to vertical conveyor belts. A combination of force stabilizing devices, force adjusting devices, movable plates and pivoting levers allows adjustment of the tension applied to the vertical conveyor belt. The levered tensioning allows the vertical conveyor belt to positioned in closed proximity with another conveyor or object.