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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2015
Laitram, L.l.c., Harahan, LA (US);
Jeff Batchelder, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Michael Hendrik DeGroot, Rockford, MI (US);
Friso Antonius Maria Oonk, Vragender, NL;
Laurentius G. J. Wolters, Lichtenvoorde, NL;
Edward T. Mol, Marne, MI (US);
Ruizhe Ma, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Roel Marcel Mellink, Lichtenvoorde, NL;
Gerko Hulshof, Aalten, NL;
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Abstract
A conveyor employs a low-tension, direct drive conveyor belt, and a snap-on position limiter for ensuring proper engagement of the belt and a drive sprocket. The position limiter includes a body, a limiting surface and a snap clap opposite the limiting surface for snapping the position limiter to a mounting shaft. The limiting surface may comprise rotatable rollers mounted to the body, or a continuous arcuate surface. The position limiter may include a mounting arm for mounting a conveyor belt scraper at the front of the position limiter.