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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090236203 | Conveyor Plate with Integrated Roller A conveyor support plate includes an upper transport surface configured to receive objects arranged for travel on a conveyor system and a lower surface arranged opposite the upper transport surface. A pair of transversely extending walls and a pair of side walls connect... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20080083598 | Radius conveyor belt A belt module includes an intermediate section having a corrugated portion extending along the length of the intermediate section and a web extending along the length of the intermediate section and adjacent to the corrugated portion. A plurality of first link ends exte... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080023304 | Radius belt with improved stiffness A radius belt module suitable for large radius applications such as for spiral conveyors. The module has having an intermediate section including a cross rib having a corrugated portion extending along at least a portion of the length of the intermediate section. The in... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080023303 | MODULAR LINK OR LINK SECTION FOR USE IN FORMING A RODLESS CONVEYOR BELT A unitary modular link or link section for use in forming a rodless conveyor belt or a section thereof is provided. The link section includes a plurality of laterally-repeating link-shaped portions, each including an apex portion and a pair of leg portions. Each apex po... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080000758 | WEAR RESISTANT, HEAT RESISTANT CONVEYOR CHAIN A wear resistant, heat resistant conveyor chain comprising a series of links, each having a heat resistant roller rotatably fitted onto a bush between inner plates. The links are interconnected in the longitudinal direction of the chain by outer plates, and connecting p... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070284225 | Belt module with magnetic properties A module for chains or belts that is molded from a plastic compound containing a magnetizable element. The molding may be performed in a standard injection molding machine equipped with a device that produces an electromagnetic or permanent magnetic field. The field lin... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070267278 | Roller Drive Element The invention relates to a roller element (10) which has a central body (1) and a roller unit (2). The roller unit (2) is mounted so as to circulate on a non-circular race (21) about the central body (1) and so as to be mobile w... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070209911 | CONVEYOR CHAIN COMPRISING CHAIN LINKS CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER VIA PIVOTING BEARINGS, AND A METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE CHAIN LINKS In a conveyor chain, which includes chain links (1) being connected to one another via pivoting bearings (4), each chain link (1) has two link plates (2 and 3) and a bolt (5) which connects the two bolt ends (2.2 and 3... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20070181409 | Side-flexing conveyor belt A conveyor is described comprising an endless side-flexing conveyor belt made from a number of rows of hinged interconnected belt links, where each row comprises at least one link, where each link has a front end, a back end, a top surface, a bottom surface and two side... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070119689 | Conveyor plate with integrated roller A conveyor support plate includes an upper transport surface configured to receive objects arranged for travel on a conveyor system and a lower surface arranged opposite the upper transport surface. A pair of transversely extending walls and a pair of side walls connect... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070119692 | Modular conveyor mat A conveyor belt (1), comprising a number of plastic modules (3) successive in conveying direction (2) which are each provided at a front and rear side (4, 7) with a row of projections (5, 8) extending transversely to the conveying dire... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070080048 | Variable spaced conveyor belt A variable spaced conveyor belt includes a plurality of spaced tractive rods and a plurality of rows of wickets transversely disposed with respect to a direction of travel and interconnecting the plurality of spaced tractive rods, each of the rows of wickets including a... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20060272931 | Modular conveyor belts and attachments 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.... | 12/07/2006 |
| 20060249359 | Conveyor belt Conveyor belt comprising a series of elongated support members or links for supporting goods to be transported, which links extend transverse to the conveyor belt, and a series of connection rods for connection the links one to the other, the links being built up from a... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060201790 | Curved segment of a guide for a modular conveyor chain and modular conveyor chain with such a curved guiding segment A guide bend segment (30) for a modular conveyor chain, comprising a profile from plastic material with a substantially flat upper side (31) extending along an axis proceeding in a curved manner with a guide face in which at least one guide is formed for g... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060191774 | Chain modular and modular chain conveyor A chain module (1) for a modular chain conveyor comprising a substantially sheet-shaped body part (2), provided with a conveying surface (3) located at an upper side of the body part (2), with hinge holes (4A1, 4A2, 4B) i... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20060124437 | Modular conveyor belt with unique link capture means A flexible conveyor belt (10) has a plurality of transverse rods (11) on which a plurality of links are mounted for rotational and longitudinal movement on the rods. The links include edge links (12a, 12b) at opposite edges of t... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20060118396 | Side-flexing conveyor chain having members joined by linkages A side-flexing conveyor chain module includes a first module member having at least two first link ends, a second module member having at least two second link ends, and linkages linking at least one of the first link ends to at least one of the second link ends. Separa... | 06/08/2006 |
| 20060118395 | Side-flexing conveyor chain A side-flexing conveyor chain module that distributes chain tension across the width of the belt module includes a first module member and a second module member. The first module member has first link ends extending in a direction of conveyor travel and arcuate first f... | 06/08/2006 |
| 20060090988 | Side-flexing conveyor belt An endless side-flexing conveyor is described comprising a conveyor belt made from a number of rows of hinged interconnected belt links, where each row comprises at least one link, where each link has a front end, a back end, a top surface, a bottom surface and two side... | 05/04/2006 |
| 20060070860 | Structure of a conveyer belt A conveyer belt includes a panel member, a guiding member for the panel member, and a power source; the panel member includes several parts arranged one behind another, every two adjacent ones of which parts are pivoted to each other by means of a pivotal stick; each of... | 04/06/2006 |
| 20060006050 | CONVEYOR BELT AND MODULE WITH A SELF-ADJUSTING EDGE A modular conveyor belt with a self-adjusting edge for bearing against a conveyor side rail. An edge pad, which can be made of a durable material for long wear life, pivotably attaches to the side edge of a belt row. The pivotable attachment allows the pad to adjust its... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20050241922 | Conveyor belt The planar conveyor belt is designed to move along curved trajectories and has a plurality of chain-links including, staggered at the front and at the rear of a central core, a succession of slots each with an opening, in particular oblong in shape, so as to ensure play... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050183936 | Conveyor belt and method of assembly A conveyor belt and method for assembling a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt including a plurality of link elements and a plurality of pivot rods. Each link element includes a plurality of intermeshing extensions and at least one edge extension at a peripheral edge ther... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050155847 | Conveyor belt assembly A conveyor assembly includes a support structure for a belt constructed of interlocking segments. The support structure includes straight segments that may be cut to any desired length. These straight segments are joined using a friction-fit connector. The connector doe... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050155848 | Conveyor chain Conveyor chain comprising a plurality of modular components having an upper conveyance plate with each modular component comprising a rotation component projecting from said plate and defining a seat with concave surfaces with said seat being designed to receive a pivot... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050126895 | Side-flexing conveyor chain having twin transverse connectors An improved conveyor chain formed from a plurality of modular links arranged in rows and each associated with at least two elongated transverse connectors is disclosed. In one embodiment, the connectors define a substantially open, planar conveying surface intermediate ... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050109589 | Radius conveyor belt A belt module includes an intermediate section having a corrugated portion extending along the length of the intermediate section and a web extending along the length of the intermediate section and adjacent to the corrugated portion. A plurality of first link ends exte... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050061637 | Conveyor for continuous proofing and baking apparatus Conveyor chains of the type utilized in commercial ovens and proofers are provided with improved bearing support for the rotating and pivoting components of the chains. The rotating components comprising anti-friction bearings constructed from superior components which ... | 03/24/2005 |