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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2012
James L. Layne, Bowling Green, KY (US);
Lewis W. Ward, Glasgow, KY (US);
B. Keith Thomas, Cave City, KY (US);
Scott Dayton Barbour, Glasgow, KY (US);
James L. Layne, Bowling Green, KY (US);
Lewis W. Ward, Glasgow, KY (US);
B. Keith Thomas, Cave City, KY (US);
Scott Dayton Barbour, Glasgow, KY (US);
SPAN TECH LLC, Glasgow, KY (US);
Abstract
A conveyor with enhanced cleanability includes a belt for conveying objects above a floor and having a forward run and a return run. A conveyor bed for supporting the belt provides an upper support for supporting the forward run of the belt and a lower support for supporting a return run of the belt. The upper support is adapted for moving toward and away from the lower support, including when the conveyor belt is sectioned into first and second portions corresponding to the forward run and the return run. A conveyor is also mounted in a cantilevered fashion, such as by embedding posts in a curable material forming a base for supporting the conveyor. Related methods are also disclosed.