ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,625, issued on May 5, was assigned to Laitram LLC (Harahan, La.).
"Apparatus and method for activating conveyor belt rollers" was invented by Andrew N. Baker (New Orleans), Yorrick Mulder (Baltimore), Paul Edward Kirkpatrick Jr. (Woodbine, Md.) and Jeffrey S. Schwai (Walkersville, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and method for activating conveyor belt roller assemblies by lowering and extending wearstrips to selectively lower the conveyor belt to place the conveyor belt roller assemblies into contact with actuating rollers. A wearstrip module housing the wearstrips includes an upper support upon which the wearstrips are mo...