Drive system for curved roller conveyor segments
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1. A conveyor system comprising:
- a driven straight segment and a slave curved segment and wherein each of said driven straight segment and slave curved segment includes a plurality of rollers extending between two adjacent frames and wherein a plurality of slave rollers on said slave curved segment include a pulley on one end proximate to one of said two adjacent frames and at least one driven roller on said driven segment includes a pulley on one end proximate to one of said two adjacent frames; and
a plurality of micro-V-groove belts each having a drive surface including at least two ridges and at least one groove and wherein one of said micro-V-groove belt extends between said at least one roller on said driven straight segment to one of said plurality of rollers on said slave curved segment.
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Abstract
A drive system for curved segments of roller conveyors and more specifically to a cost-effective, efficient, and reliable system of transferring power from a straight segment to an adjacent segment.
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19 Claims
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1. A conveyor system comprising:
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a driven straight segment and a slave curved segment and wherein each of said driven straight segment and slave curved segment includes a plurality of rollers extending between two adjacent frames and wherein a plurality of slave rollers on said slave curved segment include a pulley on one end proximate to one of said two adjacent frames and at least one driven roller on said driven segment includes a pulley on one end proximate to one of said two adjacent frames; and a plurality of micro-V-groove belts each having a drive surface including at least two ridges and at least one groove and wherein one of said micro-V-groove belt extends between said at least one roller on said driven straight segment to one of said plurality of rollers on said slave curved segment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A conveyor system comprising:
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a driven straight segment having a drive transfer portion including at least one driven roller and wherein said at least one driven roller includes a driving pulley; a slave curved segment having an outer frame and an inner frame, each having an arcuate profile and wherein the radius of said outer frame arcuate profile is greater than the radius of said inner frame profile; a plurality of slave rollers extending between said inner frame and outer frame on said slave curved segment, and wherein each of said slave rollers includes an operational axis transverse to said outer and inner frames about which said plurality of slave rollers each rotate, and wherein a majority of said slave rollers include a slave pulley; a micro-V-groove transfer belt extending between said driven pulley and an adjacent slave pulley and wherein said micro-V-groove belt includes a drive surface having at least two ridges and at least one groove and said slave and said driven pulleys each include a substantially mirror image of said drive surface; and a plurality of micro-V-groove slave belts extending between a majority of said slave rollers and wherein said majority of slave rollers are coupled to at least two micro-V-groove slave belts. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A conveyor system comprising:
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a drive system including a main drive belt; a driven segment having a drive transfer portion including a plurality of driven rollers and wherein each of said driven rollers includes a driving pulley at a first end, and wherein said main drive belt is configured to selectively engage said plurality of driven rollers in said drive transfer portion and wherein said driven rollers include a driven transfer roller located at the end of said driven segment and the end of said drive transfer portion; a slave segment having an outer frame and an inner frame, each having an arcuate profile and wherein the radius of said outer frame arcuate profile is greater than the radius of said inner frame profile, and wherein said slave segment does not operationally engage said main drive belt; a plurality of slave rollers extending between said inner frame and outer frame on said slave segment, and wherein each of said slave rollers includes an operational axis transverse to said outer and inner frames about which said plurality of slave rollers each rotate, and wherein a majority of said slave rollers include a slave pulley, and wherein said plurality of slave rollers include a slave transfer roller located adjacent to said drive transfer portion; a plurality of micro-V-groove drive belts and wherein at least one micro-V-groove drive belt from said plurality of micro-V-groove drive belts extends between each adjacent driven roller in said drive transfer portion; a plurality of micro-V-groove slave belts and wherein at least one micro-V-slave belt from said plurality of micro-V-groove slave belts extends between each adjacent slave roller in said slave segment; and a micro-V-groove transfer belt extending between said driven transfer roller and said slave transfer roller. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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