Patent ID: 6481564
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A roller conveyor, comprising:a pair of longitudinally extending side frames having a plurality of spaced apart openings formed therein sized to receive roller support shafts; a plurality of rollers extending between the pair of side frames, each roller including a shaft inserted into opposed pairs of openings in the side frames; and a member having a base portion and a flange portion wherein the flange portion includes an opening sized and shaped to receive the shaft of a roller mounted within an opening of the side frame, and the base portion including a mounting opening located in the base to accept a mounting screw that when tightened pushes against and engages the side frame causing the base portion to move away from the conveyor side frame resulting in a closing in the size of the shaft receiving opening in the flange portion to tighten around the received shaft.