A conveying apparatus for workpieces during a manufacturing procedure has a fixed guide track and a guide track having a variable geometry. The variable guide track includes a plurality of sections movable relative to the fixed guide track. The displacement of the movable sections of the variable guide track alters the distance between carriers arranged on a continuous conveyor chain in the region in which workpieces are transferred from a feed belt to a discharge belt.

The invention relates to support means, which is for supporting a lateral conveyor adapted for mounting upon a mobile chassis, including a tail section, middle section and at least one head section having pivot points related to the conveyor frame separating said sections from each other. The support means includes a variable length mounting arm comprising at least first and second sections and first and second ends, and means for locking the length of the mounting arm into at least one fixed le...

The invention relates to a curved belt conveyor comprising: a supporting frame (1); at least one guide rail (2, 2') fastened to the supporting frame (1); a conveyor chain (3) guided inside the guide rail (2, 2'), and; a conveyor belt (5) that can be displaced by means of the conveyor chain (3) along a conveying surface that has the shape of a sector of a circle. The curved belt conveyor has an outer supporting frame (11), an inner supporting frame (12) and radial struts (13, 13'), these radial s...

A track frame assembly to guide the conveyor chain or the like in a conveyor system is provided which includes at least a pair of frame members (A1), coupling block (10) and track rails (D). The frame member (A1) includes a base plate portion (1) and a pair of bent plate portions (2 and 4). The bent plate portions (2 and 4) have a plurality of cuts (5) formed therein nearly perpendicularly to the length thereof at predetermined intervals. When the base plate portion (1) is curbed in the directio...

An adjustable over and under line feed system having a first end, a second end, a plurality of adjustable first support legs, a plurality of adjustable second support legs, and a plurality of adjustable support cross members connected substantially perpendicular to a corresponding one of the plurality of adjustable first support legs and a corresponding one of the plurality of adjustable second support legs, and a conveyor assembly positioned substantially perpendicular to the plurality of adjus...

A modular roller conveyor system is disclosed having a first and second pair of elongated vertical supports. The first pair of vertical supports are adjustably secured together so that the first pair of supports are spaced apart and parallel to each other at a user selected spacing between the first pair of vertical supports. Similarly, the second pair of vertical supports are also adjustably secured together so that the second pair of vertical supports are spaced apart and parallel to each othe...

The present invention relates to a conveyor frame assembly that does not require the use of conventional fasteners and/or welded joints in order to be assembled. The frame assembly includes a base having a slot and a support having a tab extending through the slot. The tab is plastically deformed toward the base in order to couple the support to the base. The invention also relates to a method of assembling a conveyor frame. The method includes inserting a tab on a support into a slot on a base ...

A belt turn conveyor includes a vertical support member extending to the ground and a lateral support which is cantilevered from the vertical support. An endless belt can be removed and installed by slipping the endless belt over an end of the lateral support opposite the vertical support. In this manner, the belt can be removed without disassembling the vertical support.

A low cost, self contained endless conveyor belt assembly includes a flat conveyor bed, an endless conveyor belt and a plurality of frame members mounted thereto. The bed mounted frame members support and house a drive shaft which includes sprockets for engaging the front inside radius of the endless conveyor belt and a remote mounted drive motor. The self contained conveyor belt assembly is adjustably mounted to complemental frame rails, one of which includes the drive motor to which can be cou...

An apparatus is provided for modifying a belt conveyor for enabling use of varying belt widths. The apparatus includes a pair of first mounting feet having slots and coupled by a cross member, wherein the first mounting feet are coupled to the cross member enabling the slots to mate with holes disposed on the frame, the apparatus further has second mounting feet having slots and adapted to couple to a first upper idler and a first lower idler, the apparatus further having supports coupled to opp...