C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 03 – B
Patent
C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
03
B
C03B 35/18 (2006.01) B65G 23/04 (2006.01) B65G 39/02 (2006.01) B65G 39/07 (2006.01) F16C 13/00 (2006.01) F16D 1/08 (2006.01) F27B 9/24 (2006.01) F27D 3/02 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2116627
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A conveyor roll for conveying heated glass sheets along a conveyor assembly is provided that comprises a fused silica roller having opposing cylindrical ends, a pair of end caps formed from a machinable steel which may be heat resistant for rotatably mounting the ceramic roller within a conveyor assembly, wherein each end cap has a tubular wall for receiving and surrounding one of the cylindrical ends of the roller, and a spring retainer for non-rotatably mounting each of the end caps to the roller. Each spring retainer includes a coil spring formed from flat sided coils helically wound around a cylindrical end of the roller, each of which coils includes bent portions and straight portions for resiliently and frictionally inter-engaging the tubular wall of the cap and the cylindrical end of the roller, respectively, despite the thermal differential expansion that occurs between the tubular wall of the cap and the cylindrical end of the roller as the roll is exposed to elevated temperatures. Each end cap includes a screw thread around its open end that threadedly engages the coils of the retainer spring and axially secures the end cap to its respective cylindrical roller end.
Ridout & Maybee Llp
Vesuvius Crucible Company
LandOfFree
Ceramic conveyor roller having flat-sided spring retainer... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Ceramic conveyor roller having flat-sided spring retainer..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Ceramic conveyor roller having flat-sided spring retainer... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFCA-PAI-O-1941439