Conveyor with attachments

Details Conveyor with attachments Conveyor with attachments

2008-03-06

2010-06-08

Deuble, Mark A (Department: 3651)

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor section

Endless conveyor

C198S699100

Reexamination Certificate

active

07731020

ABSTRACT:
A conveyor assembly is provided, which includes a link belt formed of a plurality of overlapping belt links. A plurality of engagement elements are attached to the link belt to form an upper surface. In one embodiment, the link belt includes a plurality of apertures and the engagement elements comprises connectors that cooperate with the apertures to connect the engagement elements to the link belt. The upper surface of the engagement elements may be configured in a variety of forms. In one embodiment, the engagement elements comprise a protuberance that projects upwardly to form a point of limited contact.

REFERENCES:
patent: 72181 (1867-12-01), Fountain
patent: 1177664 (1916-04-01), Vuilleumier
patent: 1182933 (1916-05-01), Schulte
patent: 1377450 (1921-05-01), Whipple
patent: 1438566 (1922-12-01), Wiggins
patent: 1519165 (1924-12-01), Pilliner
patent: 2969686 (1961-01-01), Runton
patent: 3154960 (1964-11-01), Creswell
patent: 3154961 (1964-11-01), Creswell
patent: 3269523 (1966-08-01), Creswell
patent: 3288273 (1966-11-01), Michaelson et al
patent: 3345113 (1967-10-01), Siber
patent: 3387500 (1968-06-01), Hutzenlaub et al
patent: 3418862 (1968-12-01), Hurbis
patent: 3559796 (1971-02-01), Marks et al.
patent: 3857478 (1974-12-01), Meeusen
patent: 3991632 (1976-11-01), Stephens
patent: 4015038 (1977-03-01), Romanski et al.
patent: 4028956 (1977-06-01), Thompson
patent: 4055265 (1977-10-01), Eiserman
patent: 4167999 (1979-09-01), Haggerty
patent: 4342809 (1982-08-01), Newell
patent: 4377365 (1983-03-01), Layh
patent: 4458809 (1984-07-01), White et al.
patent: 4526637 (1985-07-01), Long
patent: 4550823 (1985-11-01), Gladish
patent: 4588073 (1986-05-01), Abell
patent: 4675229 (1987-06-01), Westhead
patent: 4688615 (1987-08-01), Lee
patent: 4886156 (1989-12-01), Records et al.
patent: 4903824 (1990-02-01), Takahashi
patent: 4922304 (1990-05-01), Gilbert et al.
patent: 4925013 (1990-05-01), Lapeyre
patent: 4957199 (1990-09-01), Wokke et al.
patent: 4994133 (1991-02-01), Oizumi et al.
patent: 5011003 (1991-04-01), Gladding
patent: 5048809 (1991-09-01), Tebbe et al.
patent: 5176246 (1993-01-01), Wiggers et al.
patent: 5219065 (1993-06-01), Hodlewsky et al.
patent: 5267596 (1993-12-01), Logar et al.
patent: 5281189 (1994-01-01), Agnoff
patent: 5332786 (1994-07-01), Nagata et al.
patent: 5361893 (1994-11-01), Lapeyre et al.
patent: 5507383 (1996-04-01), Lapyere et al.
patent: 5564558 (1996-10-01), Hampton et al.
patent: 5582287 (1996-12-01), Heit et al.
patent: 5658634 (1997-08-01), Ragland et al.
patent: 5667058 (1997-09-01), Bonnet
patent: 5853849 (1998-12-01), Nishio et al.
patent: 5984082 (1999-11-01), Geib
patent: 6062379 (2000-05-01), Geib et al.
patent: 6173831 (2001-01-01), Grabscheid et al.
patent: 6318544 (2001-11-01), O'Connor et al.
patent: 6565689 (2003-05-01), Geib et al.
patent: 6770004 (2004-08-01), Lofgren et al.
patent: 6874617 (2005-04-01), Layne
patent: 7004311 (2006-02-01), Fatato et al.
patent: 7216759 (2007-05-01), Rau et al.
patent: 7241354 (2007-07-01), Fatato et al.
patent: 7252191 (2007-08-01), Ozaki et al.
patent: 2001/0052451 (2001-12-01), Ruoss et al.
patent: 2005/0077153 (2005-04-01), Krischer
patent: 1625087 (2006-02-01), None
patent: 59-97345 (1984-06-01), None
patent: 2004/069697 (2004-08-01), None
U.S. Appl. No. 11/277,301,Link Belt Assembly and Method for Producing Same, filed Mar. 23, 2006.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Conveyor with attachments does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Conveyor with attachments, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Conveyor with attachments will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-4241452