Patent ID: 6966433

Claim:
In a conveyor of the type in which a length of roller-chain is entrained around first and second spaced apart sprocket assemblies to dispose a stretch of the roller-chain for load bearing on a guide plate interposed between the first and second sprocket assemblies and with the roller-chain being operable to transport a load in an axial direction defined by an axis oriented along the stretch of roller-chain, the improvement comprising: a bed plate comprising a foundation plate and said guide plate, a top surface of said foundation plate receiving a bottom surface of said guide plate in a stacked arrangement effective to provide a normal support operable to resist bending deflection of said guide plate as a load is transported from a first end to a second end of said guide plate, said stacked arrangement further encompassing a slide-together fit structured to form an interference between structure associated with said foundation and structure associated with said guide plate, said interference being effective to resist separation of said guide plate away from said foundation plate in a direction normal to said top surface, wherein: said foundation plate is adapted for attachment to structure of said conveyor; and said guide plate is adapted for removable attachment to said foundation plate.