Patent ID: 9296564
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: B65G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A slider bar assembly for supporting a conveyor belt traveling in a downstream travel direction, the slider bar assembly comprising: an elongate upper slide member of low friction material for engaging and supporting the belt as the belt travels thereover; an elongate lower base member configured for being secured to support structure under the belt so that the elongate lower base member extends longitudinally in the downstream travel direction; a receptacle in one of the elongate upper slide member and the elongate lower base member and a projection of the other of the elongate upper slide member and the elongate lower base member configured to have a sliding fit in the receptacle for removably connecting the elongate upper slide member and the elongate lower base member with the elongate upper slide member extending longitudinally along the elongate lower base member, wherein elongate upper slide member and the elongate lower base member each have a predetermined lateral width transverse to the downstream travel direction that is substantially the same as each other, wherein the upper slide member has laterally outer sides that are laterally spaced by the predetermined lateral width of the upper slide member and an upper surface extending continuously across the upper slide member for the full predetermined lateral width thereof for engaging and supporting the belt.