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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2012
Nicholas L. Kowalski, Posen, MI (US);
Brian J. Konieczny, Posen, MI (US);
Matthew L. Gies, Alpena, MI (US);
Nicholas L. Kowalski, Posen, MI (US);
Brian J. Konieczny, Posen, MI (US);
Matthew L. Gies, Alpena, MI (US);
Punching Concepts, Inc., Alpena, MI (US);
Abstract
A formed wing pulley for use in belt conveyor applications. The pulley consists of a plurality of formed wings with or without clean-out ports, mated to a positive placement polygon shaped core. The polygon core may be mated to hubs and/or end disks with centered hubs, which can be locked onto to a fixed or rotating shaft. Each formed wing of the pulley may be mated to the positive placement polygon core at the bottom side of the wing profile, and can have round, half round, hex, or flat wing tips that serve as the contact surface or the tops of wings may serve directly as the contact surface for the belt at the top side of the wing profile. When in assembled form, the formed wing pulley provides a set of radial wings that rotate about a central axis to support conveyor belt operation.