Conveyor belt support
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1. A conveyor belt support comprising:
- a base member;
at least one support member having a first end and a second end;
a pivot connection between said at least one support member first end and said base member;
a conveyor idler roller attachment formation at said second end of said at least one support member;
biasing means acting between said base member and said at least one support member intermediate said support member first and second ends to orient said at least one support member with respect to said base member; and
means biasing said biasing means to a predetermined load, said biasing means being movable in a first direction when said at least one support member exerts a force on said biasing means in excess of said predetermined load.
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Abstract
A support structure for a conveyor belt which includes two upwardly extending, pivotally mounted, support arms, a garland of conveyor idler rollers suspended between upper ends of the support arms and, for each support arm, respective biasing means which permits pivotal movement of the support arm, towards the other support arm, only when the support arm exerts a force on the respective biasing means in excess of a predetermined load.
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1. A conveyor belt support comprising:
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a base member;
at least one support member having a first end and a second end;
a pivot connection between said at least one support member first end and said base member;
a conveyor idler roller attachment formation at said second end of said at least one support member;
biasing means acting between said base member and said at least one support member intermediate said support member first and second ends to orient said at least one support member with respect to said base member; and
means biasing said biasing means to a predetermined load, said biasing means being movable in a first direction when said at least one support member exerts a force on said biasing means in excess of said predetermined load. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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