US Patent Issued to Laitram on June 23 for "Shaft-mounted conveyor assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,327, issued on June 23, was assigned to Laitram LLC (Harahan, La.).

"Shaft-mounted conveyor assembly" was invented by Martin A. Dwornick (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Jake A. Mohan (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaft-mounted conveyor assembly (10) comprises a series of scroll modules (100, 102) arranged in series on a shaft (12) to form a helix having a peripheral surface for contacting a conveyor belt. Each scroll module includes an open hub (120) for receiving the shaft and a webbed scroll portion (110) defining the peripheral surface. The shaft includes L-shaped mounting slots (30) in mounting regions for mount...