Patent ID: 6460690
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A roller conveyer adapted to convey articles on and along a conveyance path, comprising:at least one motor; and a plurality of rollers disposed at least at both opposing lateral sides of the conveyance path and adapted to convey articles on and along the conveyance path through rotation thereof; said rollers each comprising a roller body and a first gear attached coaxially to said roller body, said roller body and said first gear rotating with slipping therebetween permitted, wherein adjacent first gears on both of said lateral sides are interlockingly engaged to thereby rotatably drive the coaxially attached rollers concurrently; at least one second gear interposed between and interlocking adjacent said first gears; means for transferring torque of the motor, directly or indirectly, to any one of said gears disposed on one of said lateral sides; and at least one shaft, said one gear being mounted at one end of said shaft for rotation therewith and another gear being mounted on an end of said shaft opposite said one end, at a second of said lateral sides opposite said one lateral side for rotation with said shaft, whereby torque from the motor is transferred to said one gear, from said one gear to first gears interlocked therewith and to said shaft, from said shaft to said another gear, and from said another gear to first gears interlocked therewith.