Patent ID: 8371435
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A roller conveyor comprised of: a) a frame including first and second spaced, parallel side rails, each rail having a vertical wall with inner and outer faces, and shaft-receiving opening mirroring shaft-receiving openings in the other side rail; b) a plurality of parallel driven rollers, each roller having a first shaft end extending through a shaft-receiving opening in the first wall and a second shaft end extending through a shaft-receiving opening in the second side wall; c) a shaft pulley affixed to the first shaft end outside of said first wall; d) a rotary drive means including a motorized roller mounted parallel to said driven rollers and a rotatable drive pulley mounted outside said first wall, said motorized roller including a roller tube fixedly mounted on a first roller tube shaft extending through said first rail and a second roller tube shaft extending through said second rail, a drive motor within said roller tube adapted to rotate said roller tube, said drive pulley being affixed to said first roller tube shaft outside said first rail; and e) connector means operably connecting said drive pulley to said shaft pulleys, whereby rotation of said drive means rotates said driven rollers.