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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Dennis K. Scates, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Inventor:
Dennis K. Scates, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Assignee:
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 13/02 (2006.01); B65G 13/07 (2006.01); B65G 47/26 (2006.01); B65G 13/071 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 13/07 (2013.01); B65G 13/02 (2013.01); B65G 13/071 (2013.01); B65G 47/263 (2013.01);
Abstract
A small-diameter-roller conveyor converted from a large-diameter-roller conveyor and a method for the conversion. One or more belts are trained around the power-driven rollers of a roller conveyor. A stationary array of smaller-diameter article-supporting rollers is positioned atop the belts. The article-supporting rollers are in frictional contact with the belts. The rotation of the power-driven rollers advances the belts, which rotate the article-supporting rollers and convey articles supported atop the article-supporting rollers.