Converting roller conveyors into belt conveyors
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1. A belt conveyor converted from a roller conveyor, the belt conveyor comprising:
- a roller conveyor including a frame having two generally parallel sides supporting a plurality of rollers therebetween at spaced apart locations along the frame; and
a conveyor conversion kit, comprising;
an attachment collar surrounding at least a portion of the circumference of a first roller; and
a wearstrip extending outward from the attachment collar and overlying a group of consecutive rollers to support a conveyor belt.
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Abstract
A conversion kit and a method for inexpensively converting a roller conveyor into a belt conveyor. The converted conveyor is made from a roller conveyor that has a frame with two parallel sides supporting a set of parallel rollers at spaced apart locations. A conversion kit is used to make the conversion. The kit includes attachment collars that fit around selected rollers and wearstrip material that extends outward from the attachment collars and overlies a group of consecutive collars. The wearstrip material and the collars resting on the rollers form a carryway bed on which a conveyor belt or chain is supported.
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1. A belt conveyor converted from a roller conveyor, the belt conveyor comprising:
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a roller conveyor including a frame having two generally parallel sides supporting a plurality of rollers therebetween at spaced apart locations along the frame; and
a conveyor conversion kit, comprising;
an attachment collar surrounding at least a portion of the circumference of a first roller; and
a wearstrip extending outward from the attachment collar and overlying a group of consecutive rollers to support a conveyor belt. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A conversion kit for converting a roller conveyor into a belt conveyor, the kit comprising:
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a plurality of attachment collars for attaching to rollers of a roller conveyor; and
wearstrip material to extend outward from the attachment collars and to overlie a group of consecutive rollers of the roller conveyor to support a conveyor belt. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method for converting a roller conveyor into a belt conveyor, the method comprising:
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attaching a plurality of attachment collars to selected rollers of a roller conveyor;
arranging wearstrip material extending from the attachment collars in a pattern overlying and spanning consecutive rollers to form a conveyor bed of wearstrip material supported on the rollers; and
installing a conveyor belt on the conveyor bed.
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44. A conversion kit for converting a roller conveyor into a belt conveyor, the kit comprising a plurality of attachment collars adapted to be attached to rollers of a roller conveyor, wherein the attachment collars include an attachment portion at which wearstrip material can be attached to the attachment collars.
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