Snap-on conveyor belt rollers
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1. A multi-piece roller for a conveyor belt, comprising:
- a first roller section having a first torsioned channel defined by first and second side edges; and
a second roller section having a second torsioned channel defined by third and fourth side edges joined to the first roller section to form a complete roller having a first axial end, a second axial end, an outer peripheral surface between the first axial end and the second axial end, and a bore defined by the first and second torsioned channels and extending from the first axial end to the second axial end along a longitudinal axis,wherein the first, second, third and fourth side edges are skewed relative to the longitudinal axis.
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Abstract
Snap-on rollers for a conveyor belt. The snap-on roller may be snapped onto an axle or into a cavity of a conveyor belt module. Multi-piece snap-on rollers can be installed radially onto an axle on a conveyor belt and joined together in a puzzle pattern to form a complete roller that can rotate on the axle.
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48 Claims
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1. A multi-piece roller for a conveyor belt, comprising:
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a first roller section having a first torsioned channel defined by first and second side edges; and a second roller section having a second torsioned channel defined by third and fourth side edges joined to the first roller section to form a complete roller having a first axial end, a second axial end, an outer peripheral surface between the first axial end and the second axial end, and a bore defined by the first and second torsioned channels and extending from the first axial end to the second axial end along a longitudinal axis, wherein the first, second, third and fourth side edges are skewed relative to the longitudinal axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A multi-piece roller for a conveyor belt, comprising:
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a rotationally symmetric first roller section comprising a base member having an axially extending channel and a first finger extending from the base member, the first finger including an axially outer surface, an axially inner surface, a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface; and a second roller section joined to the first roller section to form a complete roller having a first axial end, a second axial end, an outer peripheral surface defined at least in part by the first finger and a bore extending between the first axial end and the second axial end, wherein the first finger includes a projection and the second roller section includes a groove for receiving the projection to lock the first roller section to the second roller section. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A multi-piece roller for a conveyor belt, comprising:
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a first roller section comprising a base member including an axially extending channel and a plurality of first fingers extending from the base member, each first finger including a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface that is non-parallel with the radially outer surface, and a second roller section identical to the first roller section, the second roller section joined to the first roller section to form a complete roller having a first axial end, a second axial end, a bore extending from the first axial end to the second axial end, and an outer periphery between the first axial end and the second axial end, the outer periphery defined at least in part by the radially outer surfaces of the plurality of first fingers. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A roller section for forming a multi-piece roller in a conveyor belt, comprising:
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a base member having an axially extending channel, and a first finger extending from the base member, the first finger including an axially outer surface, a rotationally symmetric axially inner surface having a projection and a groove that is complementary to the projection, a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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