Patent ID: 11919719
Assignee: BENETECH, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 18:
19. A method for servicing an idler assembly for a conveyor having three roller units from only a first side of the conveyor comprising:
slidably removing a first end roller unit having a roller with an angled axis of rotation from a first side of the conveyor;
slidably removing a middle end roller having a roller with a horizontal axis of rotation from the first side of the conveyor;
dropping an end of a second end roller unit having a roller with an angled axis of rotation to a position wherein the axis of rotation is horizontal with a raising and lowering apparatus on the second roller unit engageable by an operator; and,
slidably removing the second end roller unit from the first side of the conveyor.