Conveyor belt for mounting oblique rollers on lateral rods
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1. A conveyor belt comprising:
- a plurality of rods disposed perpendicular to a direction of belt travel;
a plurality of axles, each of the axles mounted on a corresponding one of the rods and having a cylindrical outer bearing surface defining a central axis oblique to the direction of belt travel;
a plurality of rollers, each of the rollers mounted on a corresponding one of the axles for rotation on the outer bearing surface about the central axis of the corresponding one of the axles;
wherein each of the axles has a bore oblique to the central axis for receiving the corresponding one of the rods.
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Abstract
A conveyor belt and a method for providing a conveyor belt with rollers that rotate on axes oblique to the direction of belt travel. Axles are mounted on rods extending perpendicular to direction of belt travel. The axles have cylindrical outer bearing surfaces that define a central axis that is oblique to the direction of belt travel when mounted on the rods. Rollers mounted on the axles rotate on the outer bearing surfaces in a direction oblique to the direction of belt travel.
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16 Claims
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1. A conveyor belt comprising:
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a plurality of rods disposed perpendicular to a direction of belt travel; a plurality of axles, each of the axles mounted on a corresponding one of the rods and having a cylindrical outer bearing surface defining a central axis oblique to the direction of belt travel; a plurality of rollers, each of the rollers mounted on a corresponding one of the axles for rotation on the outer bearing surface about the central axis of the corresponding one of the axles; wherein each of the axles has a bore oblique to the central axis for receiving the corresponding one of the rods. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A conveyor belt comprising:
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a plurality of belt modules arranged in a series of rows, each row having spaced apart hinge elements with aligned apertures along leading and trailing ends with the hinge elements along the leading end of a row interleaved with the hinge elements along the trailing end of a leading row to form a lateral passageway between consecutive rows perpendicular to a direction of belt travel; a plurality of hinge rods, each received in one of the lateral passageways to connect the rows into an endless belt; wherein the hinge elements are spaced apart non-uniformly along each end of the rows to provide one or more large openings disposed between laterally consecutive interleaved hinge elements and traversed by the hinge rod; a plurality of axles, each of the axles disposed in a corresponding one of the large openings and having a cylindrical outer bearing surface defining a central axis and having a bore oblique to the central axis, the bore receiving a corresponding one of the hinge rods; a plurality of rollers, each of the rollers mounted on a corresponding one of the axles for rotation on the outer bearing surface about the central axis of the corresponding one of the axles. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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