CONVEYOR GUIDE WALL WITH DAMPING ROLLERS
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1. A conveyor guide wall comprising:
- a top rail and a bottom rail parallel to the top rail;
a plurality of columns of one or more rollers arranged between the top and bottom rails to rotate on parallel axes of rotation;
wherein each of the one or more rollers includes;
a first side and a second side;
a low-friction outer periphery encircling the axis of rotation and extending axially from the first side to the second side;
a plurality of voids extending through the roller from the first side to the second side between the outer periphery and the axis of rotation to absorb impacts against the outer periphery of the roller.
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Abstract
A conveyor guide wall constructed of a series of parallel columns of freely rotatable rollers. The rollers are mounted on rods retained within top and bottom rails. The rollers rotate on the rods to provide a guide that engages conveyed articles in low-friction rolling contact. Voids in the rollers increase the rollers'"'"' flexibility and help absorb impacts with conveyed articles.
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1. A conveyor guide wall comprising:
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a top rail and a bottom rail parallel to the top rail; a plurality of columns of one or more rollers arranged between the top and bottom rails to rotate on parallel axes of rotation; wherein each of the one or more rollers includes; a first side and a second side; a low-friction outer periphery encircling the axis of rotation and extending axially from the first side to the second side; a plurality of voids extending through the roller from the first side to the second side between the outer periphery and the axis of rotation to absorb impacts against the outer periphery of the roller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A conveyor system comprising:
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a conveyor conveying articles in a conveying direction along a conveying plane; a guide wall arranged perpendicular to the conveying plane to contact the articles, wherein the guide wall includes; a plurality of rollers that are rotatable on axes of rotation transverse to the conveying plane and that have low-friction outer peripheries to contact the articles, wherein each of the rollers has a plurality of voids extending through the roller between the axis of rotation and the outer periphery to absorb impacts against the outer periphery of the roller by the articles as they are conveyed in the conveying direction. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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