Patent ID: 6588568
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
An improvement providing support intermittently between the wheels of a multiple wheel axle spanning an expandable flexible conveyor system, said system typically comprising at least two essentially parallel lines of lazy tong scissor-pairs, adjacent scissor-pairs pivotally connected at their upper ends and lower ends, a plurality of corresponding pairs of connected lower ends of both lazy tong lines each connected by a horizontal lower span, a plurality of corresponding pairs of connected upper ends of both lazy tong lines each supporting a horizontal axle spanning therebetween, each axle containing a plurality of wheels or rollers rotatably impaled thereon, said improvement comprising an essentially rigid axle support essentially intermittently ensleeving the axle between the wheels and extending vertically downward therefrom, said axle support further comprising a lower portion maintaining a cooperative relationship with the lower scissor-pair ends directly beneath the axle.