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公开(公告)号：US20240367911A1
公开(公告)日：2024-11-07
申请号：US18766600
申请日：2024-07-08
Applicant: Flexible Steel Lacing Company
Inventor： Mark Steven Pettinga
Abstract: In one aspect, a gap blocker having a body with an upper blocking portion and leg portions of the body connected to the upper blocking portion at longitudinally spaced apart locations. The leg portions of the body have an initial, undeflected configuration with at least one of the leg portions having a first orientation relative to the upper blocking portion. The leg portions of the body have an operating configuration with the body in a gap between rollers wherein the at least one of the leg portions has the first orientation relative to the upper blocking portion. The upper blocking portion has upper contact portions and the leg portions have lower contact portions for contacting the rollers. The body also has outer surface portions intermediate the upper and lower contact portions configured to be in clearance with the rollers.
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公开(公告)号：US20230098268A1
公开(公告)日：2023-03-30
申请号：US18075184
申请日：2022-12-05
Applicant: Flexible Steel Lacing Company
Inventor： Mark Steven Pettinga
Abstract: In one aspect, a transfer guard member having a body for being positioned in a gap intermediate conveying surfaces, an upper portion of the body for spanning the gap and outer portions of the upper body for slidingly engaging the conveying surfaces, and a pair of spaced, resilient legs having distal end portions for resiliently and slidingly engaging the conveying surfaces. In another aspect, a transfer guard member having a body and at least one attachment member of the body configured for being detachably fixed to a mounting bar. The body has at least one recess adjacent the attachment member for receiving at least one attachment member of another transfer guard member fixed to the mounting bar so that upper transfer surfaces of the attachment members are adjacent one another.
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公开(公告)号：US20220332513A1
公开(公告)日：2022-10-20
申请号：US17724446
申请日：2022-04-19
Applicant: Flexible Steel Lacing Company
Inventor： Carl Hessler , Ross Vander-Weide
Abstract: A mat assembly is provided for receiving carryback material deposited from a conveyor belt. The mat assembly includes a substrate for deployment below the conveyor belt, and a plurality of discrete sensors mounted to the substrate. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors detects weight of the carryback material deposited on the substrate proximate the sensor. The mat assembly further includes a processor that is communicatively coupled with the plurality of sensors. The processor is configured to convey data indicative of carryback material sensed by the plurality of sensors.
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公开(公告)号：US11186425B2
公开(公告)日：2021-11-30
申请号：US16154320
申请日：2018-10-08
Applicant: Flexible Steel Lacing Company
Inventor： Joseph Vogrig
Abstract: A collating system for rivets is provided that includes a rivet holder for supporting rivets in a predetermined pattern. In one form, the rivet holder includes a body having cavities for supporting the rivets therein. The rivet holder body includes a top plate member and a bottom plate member. The rivet holder has drive heads connected to the top plate member via frangible portions and the bottom plate member has retaining webs disposed below the drive heads. The top and bottom plates are secured together to capture heads of the rivets between the drive heads and retaining webs. The drive heads may be driven downward to drive the rivet heads from the rivet holder and into bores of a guide block with the retaining webs flexing to release the rivet head from the lower bottom plate member. A method of using the rivet collating system is also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号：US20210179362A1
公开(公告)日：2021-06-17
申请号：US17099411
申请日：2020-11-16
Applicant: Flexible Steel Lacing Company
Inventor： Brett E. DeVries , Todd A. Zeilinger , Kurt Alan Dykema , David Adrian Moelker
Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus is provided for a conveyor belt system. The apparatus includes a conveyor belt cleaner having an elongate support and a pair of mounts configured to position the elongate support to extend across a conveyor belt. The apparatus includes a cleaner blade configured to be operatively mounted to the elongate support and engage a conveyor belt. The apparatus further includes a sensor configured to detect at least one characteristic of the elongate support as the elongate support vibrates during conveyor belt operation. A processor of the apparatus is configured to use the at least one characteristic of the elongate support to predict at least one property of the cleaner blade.
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公开(公告)号：US10427891B2
公开(公告)日：2019-10-01
申请号：US16019843
申请日：2018-06-27
Applicant: Flexible Steel Lacing Company
Inventor： James P. McKee
IPC: B65G47/66
Abstract: In one aspect, a transfer guard system is provided for transferring objects across a gap between conveying surfaces of a conveyor. The transfer guard system includes an elongate mounting member and at least one transfer guard member connected to the mounting member. The transfer guard system includes at least one mount having a receiver that receives the mounting member. The at least one mount includes a plurality of link members and at least one pivot connection between the link members. The at least one pivot connection permits the mounting member receiver to be pivoted along an arcuate path within the gap to position the receiver at a predetermined position in the gap. The at least one mount further includes at least one locking member operable to fix the link members relative to one another and secure the mounting member receiver at the predetermined position in the gap.
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公开(公告)号：US20190210815A1
公开(公告)日：2019-07-11
申请号：US16356650
申请日：2019-03-18
Applicant: Flexible Steel Lacing Company
Inventor： Mark Steven Pettinga
IPC: B65G47/66
CPC classification number: B65G47/66 , B65G2047/685
Abstract: In one aspect, a transfer guard member having a body for being positioned in a gap intermediate conveying surfaces, an upper portion of the body for spanning the gap and outer portions of the upper body for slidingly engaging the conveying surfaces, and a pair of spaced, resilient legs having distal end portions for resiliently and slidingly engaging the conveying surfaces. In another aspect, a transfer guard member having a body and at least one attachment member of the body configured for being detachably fixed to a mounting bar. The body has at least one recess adjacent the attachment member for receiving at least one attachment member of another transfer guard member fixed to the mounting bar so that upper transfer surfaces of the attachment members are adjacent one another.
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公开(公告)号：US09884722B2
公开(公告)日：2018-02-06
申请号：US15160915
申请日：2016-05-20
Applicant: Flexible Steel Lacing Company
Inventor： Daniel J. Kuiper , Brett E. DeVries , Richard W. Gilman
CPC classification number: B65G15/64 , B65G39/16 , B65G2812/02168
Abstract: A tracking apparatus and method for urging a mistracking conveyor belt back towards a correct travel path are provided. The apparatus and method both utilize downstream shifting of an end portion of an idler roller due to mistracking of the conveyor belt for directing or steering the belt back toward its correct travel path and a reaction force from the belt due to the steering thereof for energizing a tilting action of the idler roller to raise the downstream end portion thereof. In this manner, the tilting of the idler roller is not mechanically coupled to the downstream shifting of the roller end portion allowing the belt tracking apparatus herein to be bi-directional for use with conveyor belts that may be run in opposite travel directions.
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公开(公告)号：US20170159751A1
公开(公告)日：2017-06-08
申请号：US15368218
申请日：2016-12-02
Applicant: Flexible Steel Lacing Company
Inventor： Joannes Stefanus van't Schip , Mark Steven Pettinga
CPC classification number: F16G3/16 , B29C35/16 , B29C65/18 , B29C65/30 , B29C66/223 , B29C66/3494 , B29C66/43 , B29C66/4324 , B29C66/71 , B29C66/73921 , B29C66/81451 , B29C66/81453 , B29C66/8161 , B29C66/81811 , B29C66/81812 , B29C66/82421 , B29C66/8322 , B29C66/855 , B29C66/91212 , B29C66/91216 , B29C66/91231 , B29C66/91443 , B29C66/91951 , B29C66/961 , B29C2035/1666 , B29D29/06 , B29K2101/12 , B29L2029/00 , B29L2031/7092 , F16G3/003 , F16G3/10 , B29K2027/06 , B29K2075/00 , B29K2067/00
Abstract: A portable conveyor belt splicing apparatus is provided that includes an upper press assembly and a lower press assembly which include, respectively, upper and lower platen assemblies. The upper and lower press assemblies may each include a forced air cooling system for rapidly cooling platens of the platen assemblies. The upper and lower press assemblies may include insulating assemblies with resilient members that support the upper and lower press assemblies. The resilient members provide structural support and insulate the platens from the frame which reduces the power required to heat the platens. In one form, the apparatus includes a power supply circuit that can alternate between providing power to upper and lower heaters in response to the apparatus being connected to different types of standard power supplies. Further, the power supply circuit permits the use of a single recipe for a particular belt irrespective of the type of power supply.
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公开(公告)号：US20170137229A1
公开(公告)日：2017-05-18
申请号：US15349435
申请日：2016-11-11
Applicant: Flexible Steel Lacing Company
Inventor： Brett E. DeVries
IPC: B65G39/16
Abstract: A tracking apparatus and method for urging a mistracking conveyor belt towards a correct travel path are disclosed. The apparatus and method utilize downstream shifting of an end portion of an idler roller due to mistracking of the conveyor belt for steering the belt back toward its correct travel path and a reaction force from the belt due to the steering thereof for energizing a tilting action of the idler roller to raise the downstream end portion thereof. The idler roller is mounted to the conveyor structure via a frame assembly including a tilt device mounted internally within the idler roller. The roller is rotatably mounted to an inner tube, and the inner tube member is pivotally mounted to the tilt device, which in combination allow the idler roller to pivot, shift, and tilt to steer a mistracking conveyor belt in relative proportion to degree of mistracking of the belt.
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