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US 10,221,016 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for driving a conveyor
AssigneeImperial Technologies, Inc.
InventorRichard W. Tschantz
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Abstract
A conveyor belt assembly may include a conveyor belt having an elastomeric layer, a chain adjacent a side edge of the conveyor belt and a flexible bridge extending between and connected to the chain and the conveyor belt along the side edge. The chain, bridge and conveyor belt may be driven to revolve by a sprocket engaging the chain.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a conveyor belt comprising an elastomeric layer and having first and second side edges;
- a chain adjacent the first side edge;
- a flexible bridge forming a closed loop and further comprising an elastomeric layer which forms an elastomeric layer closed loop, the flexible bridge extending between and connected to the chain and the conveyor belt along the first side edge;
- and
- wherein the flexible bridge further comprises a serpentine seal.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a conveyor belt comprising an elastomeric layer and having first and second side edges;
- a chain adjacent the first side edge;
- a flexible bridge forming a closed loop and further comprising an elastomeric layer which forms an elastomeric layer closed loop, the flexible bridge extending between and connected to the chain and the conveyor belt along the first side edge;
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- wherein the flexible bridge further comprises an essentially flat wall which forms a closed loop and an upstanding wall which extends outwardly from the essentially flat wall.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a conveyor belt comprising an elastomeric layer and having first and second side edges;
- a chain adjacent the first side edge;
- and
- a flexible bridge extending between and connected to the chain and the conveyor belt along the first side edge;
- wherein the first side edge defines a first side edge closed loop and the flexible bridge forms a closed loop which extends along the entirety of the first side edge closed loop.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.