公开(公告)号：US6000529A

公开(公告)日：1999-12-14

申请号：US982557

申请日：1997-12-02

Applicant: James L. Layne ,  Melissa L. Craft

Inventor： James L. Layne ,  Melissa L. Craft

IPC: B65G21/00 ,  B65G45/26 ,  B65G45/00

CPC classification number: B65G45/00 ,  B65G21/00

Abstract: An underguard assembly is provided for use with a modular conveyor of a conveyor system. The underguard is formed of a flexible web that hangs beneath the conveyor to catch debris falling from the sides of or through the conveying surface. To support the web, a stiffener rod is placed in an elongate pocket formed along each longitudinal edge. Opposed support assemblies spaced along the sides of the conveyor frame hold the enlarged pocket formed by the stiffener rod. An adjustment means is provided on each support assembly that allows the web to be easily attached and detached from the conveyor frame. Further, the support assemblies adjacent the end of the conveyor are modified to support the web beyond the end of the conveyor. This allows the web of a first modular conveyor to overlap with the web at the start of an adjacent modular conveyor, thereby providing a substantially seamless underguard function for a conveyor system.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于与输送机系统的模块化输送机一起使用的保护装置。 护栏由柔性网形成，悬挂在输送机下面，以捕捉从输送表面侧面或通过输送表面落下的碎屑。 为了支撑腹板，加强杆被放置在沿着每个纵向边缘形成的细长凹口中。 沿着输送机框架的侧面间隔的相对的支撑组件保持由加强杆形成的扩大的凹槽。 在每个支撑组件上设置有一个调节装置，该调节装置允许纸幅容易地从输送机框架上拆下。 此外，邻近输送机端部的支撑组件被修改以支撑幅材超出输送机的端部。 这允许第一模块式输送机的腹板在相邻的模块式输送机的开始处与腹板重叠，从而为输送机系统提供基本上无缝的保护功能。