摘要 |
A conveyor apparatus comprising a conveyor of the kind specified having a conveyor frame of the kind specified wherein the spindle means of at least one of the rollers (14) comprises a pair of stub spindles (20) each having a generally elongate end portion (22) which in use, extends within a socket (14) provided at one end of the roller, and a support portion (23) which inter-engages with an opening (40) of a respective side frame member (11) of the conveyor frame which provides a mounting means for the roller, the support portion (23) of at least one of the stub spindles (20) and its associated opening being configured such that with the stub spindle in a first orientation a retaining part (36) of the support portion (23) can be inserted into the opening by moving the stub spindle (20) along the longitudinal axis (21a) of the end portion, and when the orientation of the stub spindle is changed to a second orientation, the retaining part (36) of the support portion is prevented from being withdrawn from the opening by an opposite movement of the stub spindle. |