Patent ID: 7090070
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: A01F,B65G

Abstract:
1. A stripfeeder comprising: a feeder conveyor having at least one endless feeder chain; a feeder chain support structure having an upwardly facing surface and an opposite downwardly facing surface, the feeder chain support structure supports the feeder chain on the upwardly facing surface, the feeder chain support structure having at least one hole extending from the upwardly facing surface through to the downwardly facing surface; and a wear strip having an elongate body of a plastics material defining a longitudinal direction, the body including a mounting side including at least one plastics material mounting tab extending outwardly therefrom to a free end of the mounting tab spaced from the mounting side, the mounting tab including at least one complementary projection extending from the free end toward the mounting side in spaced relation to the mounting tab, the projection having a free end portion spaced from the mounting tab in the longitudinal direction and being resiliently displaceable toward the mounting tab, and the free end portion including a locking portion disposed adjacent to the mounting side of the body, the locking portion including a notch facing longitudinally away from the mounting tab, the wear strip is mounted to the feeder chain support structure and disposed between the upwardly facing surface and the feeder chain by inserting the at least one mounting tab through the at least one hole thereby resiliently displacing the projection until the notch engages the downwardly facing surface of the feeder chain support structure to retain the mounting side of the wear strip in abutment with the upwardly facing surface of the feeder chain support structure.