BELT CONVEYOR ROLLER Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: mechanical engineering; materials handling facilities; conveyor transport. SUBSTANCE: belt conveyor roller has tube, axle, antifriction bearings whose outer races are secured in two housings installed inside tube at its end faces and inner races are secured on axle. It has also locking members and bearing seals. According to invention, each housing is made in form of two ring profile members of C cross section with webs pointed to opposite sides and walls mated with each other. Inner webs of both ring profile members are provided with flanges, with cup installed between flanges. Both ring profile members and cup are rigidly connected to form housing. Outer races of antifriction bearings are secured in cups and are installed on axle in planes passing through planes of mating of ring profile housing walls. EFFECT: increased service life of housing and reliability of roller as a whole owing to exclusion of bending moments harmful to housing members. 1 dwg