Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor section – Endless conveyor
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-20
2005-09-20
Dillon, Jr., Joe (Department: 3651)
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor section
Endless conveyor
Reexamination Certificate
active
06945388
ABSTRACT:
A product conveying chain includes a top plate fixed to a base chain. The base chain is formed from a series of pairs of inner sidebars pivotally connected to adjacent pairs of outer sidebars. The top plate is fixed to the base chain, and has a trailing edge adjacent a following pair of sidebars. The trailing edge of the top plate includes at least one bump for engaging the following pair sidebars to restrict articulation of the following pair of sidebars relative to the top plate compared to a top plate without the at least one bump. In one embodiment, the top plate includes a leading edge adjacent a preceding pair of sidebars. The leading edge includes at least one notch for receiving the preceding pair of sidebars to allow increased backward flexure of the conveying chain compared to a conveying chain having a top plate without the at least one notch.
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Dillon, Jr. Joe
Quarles & Brady LLP
Rexnord Industries, Inc.
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