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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Frost Tech Llc, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Inventors:
Charles C. Frost, Ada, MI (US);
Charles J. Deschaine, Walker, MI (US);
Keith Miller, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Frost Tech LLC, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 6/00 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49723 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for repairing overhead conveyor chain by removing a section of track, locating a mobile repair station under the exposed track, and effecting the needed repair on the chain by cycling the intact chain past the mobile repair station and repairing it as it passes. Repair embodiments include re-swaging and repair, replacement or rotation of chain links.