US 12,227,371 B2
Roller conveyor gap filler system
Chester Ellsworth Dietrick, Flat Rock, MI (US)
Assigned to LEWCO, INC., Sandusky, OH (US)
Filed by Lewco, Inc., Sandusky, OH (US)
Filed on May 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/316,421.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/341,707, filed on May 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0365346 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 47/66 (2006.01); B65G 13/11 (2006.01); B65G 13/12 (2006.01); B65G 21/10 (2006.01); B65G 39/10 (2006.01); B65G 39/12 (2006.01); B65G 47/52 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/66 (2013.01) [B65G 13/11 (2013.01); B65G 13/12 (2013.01); B65G 21/10 (2013.01); B65G 39/12 (2013.01); B65G 39/10 (2013.01); B65G 47/52 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roller gap filler system for a roller conveyor system having a plurality of spaced apart rotating cylindrical rollers, the system comprising:
a first mounting bracket configured to mount adjacent a first end of the plurality of rollers;
a second mounting bracket configured to mount adjacent a second end of the plurality of rollers, the second end opposite the first end;
a first filler bar configured to extend between the first mounting bracket and the second mounting bracket and be positioned between a first roller and a second roller of the plurality of rollers; and
a plunger associated with the first filler bar, the plunger is moveable between a coupling position to couple the first filler bar to the second mounting bracket and a release position to uncouple the first filler bar from the second mounting bracket;
wherein the plunger is biased to the coupling position.