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OT-2026-000002058

Conveyor component with flexible hub and conveyor assembly

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Material Handling › Conveying Systems
Inventors
HALE RYAN, VULPETTI MATTHEW
Assignee
LAITRAM LLC
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US-12570475-B2, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 10 March 2026
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Abstract

A conveyor component for use in a conveyor includes a flexible hub for mounting a shaft and a continuous rim connected to the flexible hub for contacting a conveyor belt. The flexible hub includes a peripheral gap that can be widened using an expansion tool to enlarge a shaft-receiving opening formed by the flexible hub. Positioning tabs on a radially inner surface of the flexible hub move into engagement with a groove on the shaft when the conveyor component is in a relaxed state and the peripheral gap is contracted and out of engagement with the groove when the peripheral gap is expanded, and the flexible hub is flexed.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000002058, “Conveyor component with flexible hub and conveyor assembly,” published September 15, 2026 at 19:10:30 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002058.

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