B - Operations – Transporting – 65 – G
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
65
G
B65G 15/42 (2006.01) B65G 47/34 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2561850
A locking mechanism is provided for releasably securing a grouper lug to a conveyor plate in a packaging machine conveyor belt assembly. The locking mechanism includes a cantilever arm that is disposed in a base wall of the grouper lug which defines a locking surface. The cantilever arm is defined by a channel that is formed in the base wall. A detent is disposed at the distal end of the cantilever arm and protrudes from the locking surface. An elongated key is integral to the base wall of the grouper lug and can be slidably received by a groove that is integral to the conveyor plate. The conveyor plate includes an aperture or depression that receives the detent to releasably secure the grouper lug to the conveyor plate.
Cash John W. III
Haley Keenen W.
Meadwestvaco Packaging Systems Llc
Ridout & Maybee Llp
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