Abstract: A skirt seal impact bracket for supporting a conveyor belt idler which improves the impact characteristics of a suspension type idler by enabling the idlers to yield under the force of material being loaded thereonto and thereby protects the idler from undue stress and extends the life of the same. The skirt seal bracket includes a mounting assembly for the bearings of the first and second ends of a belt conveyor idler so as to allow arced pivoting of each bearing of the idler about a point substantially corresponding to a contact point of a trough skirt seal and a belt conveyed by the idler. In this manner, downward movement of a central portion of the idler in response to a load impinging thereon causes the pivoting of each of the bearings about the point of contact of the trough skirt seal and the belt. Further, a structure for limiting such pivoting and downward movement is provided.

Abstract: A system and clamp for supporting a load such as an elevator in which the clamp is mounted on a cable above the load which is normally supported by and otherwise attached to the cable. The clamp supports the load in the event of failure of structure normally supporting the load between the clamp and load. The clamp includes two members defining between them an extending passage for the cable with one of the members being mounted for movement toward and away from the cable. A cam member is pivotably mounted with a cam surface at a variable radius from the pivot axis in engagement with the one member and attached by cable to the load to pivot and apply a force to the one member to frictionally lock the clamp to the cable and support the load in the event of failure.