Patent ID: 8678177
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A combination slider block and pusher lug for mounting on a base plate mounted on a transfer chain wherein the base plate has a length, a width and a thickness, and is mounted substantially flush on the chain, and wherein a mount mounts the base plate to the chain, and wherein the mount is inset from the sides of the base plate, the combination slider block and pusher lug comprising: a flanged channel having a base plate receiving cavity wherein opposite sides of said channel define said cavity, said cavity having a depth corresponding to the thickness of the base plate, and a width corresponding to the width of the base plate and which includes the sides of the base plate, and wherein a pair of flanges extend inwardly in opposed facing relation over said cavity from said sides of said channel so as to define a slot therebetween and wherein said slot is sized to receive therein the mount between the base plate and the chain, so that when the base plate is mounted within said cavity, the mount mates in and along said slot, wherein said flanged channel has a web between said sides which covers substantially the length and the sides of the base plate when the base plate is mounted in the cavity and wherein said web has a lug mounted orthogonally thereto so as to protrude orthogonally from said web, disposed on said web orthogonally to said cavity, wherein said cavity has an opening therein at one end of said flanged channel, sized to receive therethrough the base plate, and wherein an opposite end of said cavity, opposite to said opening, includes a stop to arrest sliding translation of the base plate through and along said cavity, and wherein a latch is mounted to said flanged channel so as to be adjacent said opening and wherein said latch is biasable between an open position wherein said opening is unobstructed for receiving the base plate therethrough, and a closed position selectively locking the base plate into said cavity.