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Document Number
US Patent 7530317
Issued Date
May 12, 2009
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Abstract
An auto-laundry conveyor of three-tier design using upper, lower and intermediate track rails with a narrow slot between them. Dollies are provided in an endless loop conveyor chain and each dolly comprises a combination of a center link, a pair of reversely similar tire engaging rollers, a pair of reversely similar track engaging rollers outboard of the tire engaging rollers and a pair of reversely similar stabilizing rollers outboard of the track engaging rollers. The stabilizing rollers are effectively larger in diameter; i.e., higher than the track engaging rollers so as to prevent rolling contact between the stabilizing rollers and the track surface and to receive the tread surface of an off-center tire and keep the tread surface from interfering with rolling movement of the track engaging rollers. The conveyor is manufactured in 10-foot lengths except for the entry and exit sections which are of lengths X and Y wherein X plus Y equals 10 feet. An open track structure is used to prevent the accumulation of dirt and debris.
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Owner
Belanger, Inc. (Northville, MI)
Published
May 12, 2009
Application Number
11/267,691
Filed
November 4, 2005
US Classification
104/172.3  
Int'l Classification
B61B   12/00   (20060101)  
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Parent Case
RELATED APPLICATION This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/835,210 filed on Apr. 24, 2004, currently pending.
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104/102   104/105   104/172.1   104/172.3  
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