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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8033388 | Powder coating components to reduce friction, increase wear resistance, and improve cleanability A component subjected to wear during use includes a powder coating formed of a polymer selected from the group consisting of a polyamide, polyolefin, polyester, urethane, epoxy, acrylic, and mixtures thereof to provide improved wear resistance, enhanced cleanability... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8020693 | Belt link with half the surface inclined A conveyor chain link has a leading edge, a trailing edge, two opposed side edges, a load carrying upper surface and a bottom face. The leading and trailing edges have pluralities of eye parts separated by openings, such that the trailing edge of one belt link may b... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7987973 | Pushing belt A conveyer belt, of the type used in endless conveyors, has a plurality of belt links. Each belt link is substantially identical, and has a front edge, a rear edge, two side edges, an upper surface, and an under surface between the edges. The front and rear edges re... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7980385 | Plastic conveyor belts and modules with lateral channels An easy-to-clean conveyor belt constructed of a series of rows of belt modules having lateral depressions forming channels across the width of the belt along which water can be sprayed to flush debris off the side edge of the belt. Lateral ridges between the depress... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7958991 | Conveyor belt with overlapping planar surface plates A conveyor belt (1) includes a metallic net belt (8) functionally driven by at least a traction drum (5), tensioned by at least a return drum (12) and supported by a plurality of independent transversal rollers (13). Belt (1... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7878323 | Conveyor A conveyor for conveying products along a conveying track with varying temperature, comprising a first axle provided with first divert wheels and a second axle provided with second divert wheels and a plurality of modular, endless conveyor mats built up from plastic... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7854315 | 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 con... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7837028 | Radius chain modular conveyor A radius chain conveyor structure and method for traveling along curved paths in both left and right directions and having the capability to carry very small and delicate articles. ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7757841 | Hingeless belt A hingeless belt comprises modules having opposed leading and trailing sides, first and second bases and opposed outer sides. The modules are connected to joining members with layers that can be, for example, an adhesive. The joining members comprise an elastic mate... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7731020 | Conveyor with attachments 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... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7658277 | Conveyor belt An endless conveyor belt comprises a number of links which are each coupled to an adjacent link by means of a hinge. Added to each link is a carrier which has a discrete, flat first carrying surface which consists of the outer surfaces of a number of mutually couple... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7604113 | Chain wheel arrangement A chain wheel arrangement for driving or reversing stations of underground scraper chain conveyors, comprising a chain wheel (1), a chain-wheel shaft (3) comprising a splined portion (11) between two offset-diameter shaft stub portions and to wh... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7575113 | Screen belt and modules A modular belt constructed of belt modules having a large open area, making the belt suitable for use as a traveling water screen. The modules include an intermediate portion composed of intersecting sets of link elements and transverse elements that form a gridlike... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7559422 | Modular link or link section for use in forming a rodless conveyor belt A modular link or link section for use in forming a rodless conveyor belt or a section thereof is provided. In one embodiment, the link section is unitary and includes a plurality of laterally-repeating link-shaped portions, each including an apex portion and a pair... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7556145 | Gapless side guard A gapless side guard for use with a modular belt having modules connected to one another by pivot rods. The gapless side guard has a continuous strip of flexible material for retaining materials being transported on the modular belt. In one embodiment, the strip has... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7494006 | 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 surf... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7464810 | Plate-link chain A plate-link chain made up of a plurality of parallel plates arranged in rows extending in the running direction of the chain. The plates form chain links that are connected to adjacent chain links at a hinge joint. Elastically deformable damping plates extend paral... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7441649 | 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 together create a substantially open, planar support surface in... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7428964 | Chain cover and slat conveyor using the same A chain cover includes side covers each formed with a shaft hole for receiving a coupling pin of a roller chain, two top covers each having a length substantially equal to a chain pitch of the roller chain, and a coupling plate coupling the top covers adjacent to ea... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7419052 | Conveyor chain Conveyor chains are provided which comprise free balls which are free to rotate in all directions thereby allowing for the stable conveyance of articles in any direction in the entire horizontal plane and at an increased speed in the direction of conveyance with red... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419051 | 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 ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7383943 | Method of repairing a slat conveyor A method of repairing a slat conveyor includes an anchor bar and a ratchet puller. The anchor bar preferably includes an anchor frame and a pair of C-clamps. A first C-clamp is pivotally coupled to a first end of the anchor bar with at least one link and the second ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7377380 | 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 ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367447 | Rodless modular conveyor belt A conveyor belt assembled of modular plastic components is retained together without the usual connecting rods or pins. In one embodiment the modules, each of which has series of finger-like projections or knuckles both at forward and rear ends of the module, the pr... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364038 | Conveyor belt link incorporating one or more rollers A conveyor comprising an endless conveyor belt made from a plurality of rows of hinged interconnected belt links where each row extends in a width direction substantially perpendicular to a traveling direction of the belt and comprises at least one link, where subst... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364036 | Module for a perforated flat top belt with hinge gap for better fluid flow A belt module comprising an intermediate section having a top surface. A first plurality of link ends have opposed side walls that provide the first link ends with a first transverse thickness. The transverse thickness is connected to the intermediate section at a f... | 04/29/2008 |
| RE40248 | Wide chain link conveyor structure The invention provided a conveyor belt, which is special in that the belt in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the belt is made from one single chain link, and that the transport top surface comprises a wide main portion and the top part of the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360644 | Modular belt with rodless hinge A rodless system for a modular conveying belt where the studs are inserted into the pivot opening by transversally shifting the module with the studs in relation to the module with the pivot opening. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360643 | Electroconductive modular belt A modular belt having plug-inserts produced from electroconductive material. The plugs may be snapped into respective holes that are preformed or machined in a standard plastic belt module. The modules may be produced from low cost materials such as polypropylene or... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357757 | Self-regulating endless climbing wall An improved simulated climbing wall provides a self-regulating endless climbing surface. The structure includes a form including upper and lower at least partially cylindrical outer surfaces, a planar forward surface, and an open back surface. A continuous belt incl... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7343730 | Investment cast, stainless steel chain link and casting process therefor An investment cast, stainless steel chain link is provided for chains used in water and wastewater treatment. The chain link comprises a pair of spaced apart, elongated sidebars having forward ends and rearward ends. The forward ends are spread apart and are provide... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7334677 | 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 ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331447 | Rod retaining snap rod with enlarged retaining ring A modular belt having modules intercalated and locked into position by a pivot rod having a retaining ring disposed in spaced apart relation relative to the end of the rod along the longitudinal axis. An outermost link end of the first plurality of link ends of the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331446 | 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, 4... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325674 | Plate conveyor having rapid assembly device A plate conveyor having overlapping plates and a plate-supporting sprocket chain composed of two parallel chain strands formed of inner link members and outer link members, facing ones of which are connected by link pins. The chain is in the form of at least two pre... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314132 | Rodless conveyor belt or chain 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 ape... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314130 | Conveying system with a slide-over device between two belt conveyors, slide-over device and intermediate element with a slide-over surface A conveying system (1), comprising an endless first conveyor belt (3) circulating between at least first and second (2B) divert elements, a top run (4A) of the first conveyor belt (3) forming a first conveying surface (5) mo... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308979 | Self-tensioning conveyor with slave drive A conveyor for possible use in transferring articles between two adjacent conveyors is disclosed. In one embodiment, the conveyor includes a pair of idler structures and a drive structure for collectively guiding and moving a conveyor belt or chain relative to a bed... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7293643 | Plate link chain having inner and outer plate members A plate link chain in the form of a conveyor chain comprising at least two chain strands that are disposed parallel to one another and are comprised of a sequence of inner plate members and outer plate members, wherein the inner plate members are provided with openi... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293644 | 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 fir... | 11/13/2007 |
