US 7,600,632 B2
End protector link for conveyor chain
William C. Hall, Denver, N.C. (US)
Assigned to Ramsey Products Corporation, Charlotte, N.C. (US)
Appl. No. 10/534,854
PCT Filed Feb. 27, 2003, PCT No. PCT/US03/05973
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date May 13, 2005,
PCT Pub. No. WO2004/043833, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2004.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/426238, filed on Nov. 14, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2006/0054472 A1, Mar. 16, 2006
Int. Cl. B65G 15/56 (2006.01); B65G 17/40 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 198—848  [198/851] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An end protector link for capturing and retaining first and second elongate link pins of a multi-link conveyor chain, comprising:
(a) an outer wall defining a protective bearing surface;
(b) an inner wall carried in spaced-apart relation to the outer wall and having a retainer aperture for capturing and retaining respective enlarged heads of the first and second link pins between facing surfaces of the outer wall and the inner wall; and
(c) the protective bearing surface of the outer wall adapted for being engaged by wearing surfaces past which the conveyor moves and protecting the enlarged heads of the link pins to exposure to said wearing surfaces.