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Slide gate brake member

  • US 5,220,746 A
  • Filed: 10/28/1991
  • Issued: 06/22/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a slide gate mechanism, wherein a gate is controllably moved transversely across a pathway by a drive mechanism comprising at least one drive wheel adapted to frictionally engage a portion of said gate to systematically block or unblock the pathway, the improvement comprising at least one brake member disposed on said portion of said gate which said drive mechanism is adapted to engage, said at least one brake member including a slanted drive mechanism engaging face adapted to engage said at least one drive wheel of said drive mechanism so as to gradually brake said gate.

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