US Patent Issued on Oct. 27 for "Hanger bearing assembly for a screw conveyor and methods of replacing and retrofitting the same" (Kentucky Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,169, issued on Oct. 27.

"Hanger bearing assembly for a screw conveyor and methods of replacing and retrofitting the same" was invented by William F. Hart Jr. (Prospect, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a hanger bearing assembly used to support at least one end of a screw section in a multi-screw section screw conveyor, a method of replacing a worn hanger bearing assembly, and methods of retrofitting a screw conveyor with a hanger bearing assembly. The hanger bearing assembly includes an inner bearing having a plurality of inner bearing collar members; an outer bearing having a plurality of outer bea...