Patent ID: 6702091
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A conveyor roller assembly comprising an elongated roller tube having opposite end portions, a tubular shaft member disposed within each of said end portions of said roller tube, a bearing retained within each of said end portions of said roller tube and receiving the corresponding said shaft member to provide for rotation of said roller tube relative to said shaft members, a stub axle supported within each of said tubular shaft members for axial movement between an extended position with an outer portion of said stub axle projecting from an outer end of said shaft member and a retracted position within said shaft member, each of said stub axles having an outer surface with a hexagonal cross-sectional configuration, a spring urging each of said stub axles to said retracted position, an elongated connecting rod extending axially within said tube and having opposite end portions projecting axially into said stub axles for reinforcing and connecting said stub axles each of said stub axles has a tapered and twisted outer tip portion with a hexagonal cross-sectional configuration.