ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,431, issued on June 30.
"Support frame for a belt conveyor, associated conveyor and mounting method" was invented by Rene Brunone (Saint-Marcel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a support frame for a belt conveyor, the support frame having a mount including two support elements, at least one upper belt support station and at least one removable assembly member, the upper belt support station resting in contact with the support elements, the upper support station being mounted on each of the support elements by way of at least one removable assembly member, and at least two holding stations that hold the ...