Patent ID: 8863942

Claim:
A dowel assembly for a conveyor assembly, the conveyor assembly including a frame defining a first recess having an end wall and a side wall and a first port communicating with the first recess, a housing supported by the frame, the housing defining a second recess having an end wall and a side wall and a second port communicating with the second recess, a drive shaft rotatably supported in the housing, and a sprocket supported on the drive shaft for rotation with the drive shaft, the dowel assembly comprising: a dowel body positioned between the frame and the housing, the dowel body having a first end portion received in the first recess and a second end portion received in the second recess, the dowel body defining a passageway having a first end communicating with the first port and a second end communicating with the second port; and a seal arrangement including an end seal member arranged on one of the first end portion and the second end portion and engageable with the end wall of the associated one of the first recess and the second recess, and a side seal member engageable with the side wall of the associated one of the first recess and the second recess, and a carrier member supported by the dowel body and supporting one of the end seal member and the side seal member, the carrier member, once assembled being supported for movement relative to the dowel body to provide engagement of the one of the end seal member and the side seal member with the associated one of the end wall and the side wall to accommodate for a difference between an associated one of a depth of the first recess and the second recess and a position of the first port and the second port.