Patent ID: 7380652

Claim:
In a reciprocating slat conveyor comprising a plurality of linear hydraulic motors having fixed piston rod end portions and movable cylinder barrel portions, in which the piston rod end portions are connected to a transverse mounting frame member and the cylinder barrel portions are connected to conveyor slats, the improvement comprising: said transverse mounting frame member having a bottom and first and second sides; said piston rod end portions being hollow and extending below the bottom of the mounting frame member to an end orifice; upper clamp members connected to the sides of the mounting frame member and having downwardly directed recesses for receiving spaced apart portions of the piston rod end portions; lower clamp members having upwardly directed recesses; said piston rod end portion being positionable in the recesses of the upper and lower clamp members; bolt fasteners connecting the lower clamp members to the upper clamp members, for connecting the piston rod end portions to the transverse mounting frame members; a manifold block positioned endwise outwardly from each piston rod end portion, said manifold blocks including sockets into which the piston rod end portions project, said manifold blocks including fluid passages for motive fluid used in the linear hydraulic motors.