Modular conveyor belts and attachments

Details Modular conveyor belts and attachments Modular conveyor belts and attachments

2005-06-07

2009-02-24

Crawford, Gene O. (Department: 3651)

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor section

Endless conveyor

C198S853000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07494006

ABSTRACT:
A modular conveyor belt and belt attachment members that are retained by hinge rods. The attachment members have a body with opposite outer and base surfaces. Interaction elements, such as high-friction surfaces, plates, or holddown wings, extend from the outer surface. The base surface mounts flush against a conveying surface or an opposite surface of the belt. Legs extend directly from the base surface into gaps between hinge elements extending longitudinally outward of conveyor belt modules forming the belt. Feet at distal ends of the legs hook under hinge rods to retain the attachment member firmly in place. The lateral spacings between the legs are related to the geometry of the hinge elements to register the attachment element with respect to the belt.

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