# US 10,308,433 B2 · Conveyor belt slat with side carrier connection

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- Number: US 10,308,433 B2
- Document ID: US10308433B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/635,541
- Filed: 2017-06-28
- Published: 2018-01-04
- Granted: 2019-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2016-06-29
- Assignees: Prince Castle LLC
- Applicants: Prince Castle LLC
- Inventors: Matthew Adomaitis; Frank Anthony Agnello; Richard Bauer; Eloy Cerda; Mark Edward Fastabend; Sean Patrick Forrest; Charles B. Hartfelder; Karl R. Heinze; Scott R. Hammac; Kyle Thomas Kestner; Christine Suen Laub; Eugene Stanley Maslana; Calvin States Nelson; Laurence A. Schoell; Zoran Ulicevic; Aleksandr Yazvin; Loren J. Veltrop; Brian J. Truesdale; Dennis Malkowski
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10308433B2

## CPC

- B65G 17/067: {the load carrying surface being formed by plates or platforms attached to more than one traction element}
- A47J 37/045: {with endless conveyors}
- B65G 17/063: {the load carrying surface being formed by profiles, rods, bars, rollers or the like attached to more than one traction element (B65G17/24 takes precedence)}
- B65G 2201/0202: Agricultural and processed food products
- B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)
- A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES

## Abstract

A conveyor belt includes a conveyor belt slat that is coupled to a side carrier by a locking connection between the slat and the carrier at least along the side edges of the conveyor belt slat.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A conveyor belt, the conveyor belt comprising:
a plurality of slats, at least one slat having a base for carrying an item, the base having a first opposing end and a second opposing end, the first opposing end and the second opposing end being substantially parallel to the direction of conveyance travel of the conveyor belt;
at least one side carrier coupled to at least one of the first and the second opposing ends of the at least one slat by a coupling mechanism, the coupling mechanism comprising a bar that traverses through a knuckle formed in the base, the knuckle extending from a bottom surface of the base, the bar being disposed adjacent to the bottom surface of the base, and a portion of the bar being exposed at a top surface of the base.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The conveyor belt of claim 1, wherein both the first opposing end and the second opposing end of the at least one slat are coupled to the at least one side carrier by the coupling mechanism.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The conveyor belt of claim 1, wherein the knuckle is a cut-out portion of the base.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The conveyor belt of claim 1, wherein the bar slides through the knuckle.

### Claim 5

A conveyor belt, the conveyor belt comprising:
a plurality of slats, at least one slat having a base for carrying an item, the base having a first opposing end and a second opposing end, the first opposing end and the second opposing end being substantially parallel to the direction of conveyance travel of the conveyor belt; and
at least one side carrier coupled to at least one of the first and the second opposing ends of the at least one slat by a coupling mechanism,
wherein the at least one side carrier is woven through the at least one of the first and second opposing ends, and
wherein the at least one side carrier extends through a first slat from a top surface to a bottom surface, across the bottom surface, and through the first slat from the bottom surface to the top surface.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The conveyor belt of claim 5, wherein the cable forms a bridge over a gap between two adjacent slats.