Patent ID: 6786672
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: B65G,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A conveyor system comprising:a guide rail; a first support rod having the guide rail mounted to a distal end thereof; a second support rod being mounted to a conveyor structure; a clamp comprising a first body having a channel with a longitudinal axis, the channel being configured to receive one of the rods, the first body having a shape of a parallelogram in which adjacent edges are not perpendicular; the clamp further comprising a second body adapted to be clamped to the first body to rigidly support the first and second support rods against loads applied at the guide rail, the rods being supported by the clamp in a perpendicular orientation relative to one another; wherein the first body has first, second, third, and fourth edges, wherein the first edge is parallel to the third edge, and the second edge is parallel to the fourth edge, and adjacent edges are not perpendicular to one another; the channel of the first body having a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side, the longitudinal axis of the channel being parallel to the first and second sides of the channel and extending between and forming an acute angle with the second edge and the fourth edge of the body; said body having first and second flanges extending from the first and second sides of the channel; wherein the first flange comprises a first hole proximate to the first end of the channel, and wherein the second flange comprises a second hole proximate to the second end of the channel, wherein a line between centers of the holes is non-parallel with lines defined by the first and third edges of the body.