Conveyor roller axle stiffener

• US 7,213,701 B2
• Filed: 02/03/2005
• Issued: 05/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MHS Conveyor Corporation
• Original Assignee: TGW-Ermanco Inc.
• Inventors: Deur, Delwyn G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Crawford; Gene O.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NICHOLSON III, LESLIE AUGUST
• Application Number:
  US11/049,787
• Publication Number:
  US 20060180427A1
• Time in Patent Office: 824 Days
• Field of Search: 193/37, 198/780, 100/155.R
• US Class Current: 198/780
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 39/12 mounted on framework

Abstract

A roller for a conveyor that includes an elongated stationary axle adapted to be mounted between the opposed side plates of the conveyor. A hollow cylindrical shell having a first diameter is mounted for rotation with respect to the axle. An axle support is provided that includes an inner portion having a cross-sectional shape complimentary to the cross-sectional shape of the stationary axle and an outer portion with a cross-sectional size and shape so as to define a space between the shell and the outer portion of the axle support. A plurality of webs connect the inner portion to the outer portion.

Claims

1. A roller for a conveyor comprising:

an elongated stationary axle having opposed ends and adapted to be mounted between opposed side plates;

a bearing mounted to the axle adjacent each end;

a hollow cylindrical shell mounted to the bearings for rotation with respect to the axle; and

a separate stationary axle support carried on the axle intermediate the bearings comprising an inner portion having a cross-sectional shape complimentary to the cross-sectional shape of the stationery axle and an outer portion having a cross-sectional size and shape so as to define a space between the shell and the outer portion of the axle support, and a plurality of webs intermediate the bearings connecting the inner portion to the outer portion.

2. The roller of claim 1 wherein the axle has an hexagonal cross-sectional shape.