Heretofore, there have been various types of wheel assemblies for overhead trolley conveyors with various mechanisms employed for journalling the wheel assembly upon a pair of opposed interconnected load-carrying upright brackets. Problems have arisen in connection with axial end thrusts against the bearings and in providing a means for journalling the wheel assembly upon the brackets so as to be movably mounted and suspended from an elongated performed I-beam.
Other problems have been involved in utilizing wheel assemblies for overhead conveyors and wherein, the wheel assembly is adapted for transferring a load through an oven involving temperatures up to approximately 400 degrees F., more or less. Various types of ball bearings have been employed for wheel assemblies. Examples of such wheel assemblies may be found in the following U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,268,062, 3,971,601, 2,780,178, 2,262,714, 2,697,010, 3,049,083.