Method for assembling a conveyor chain for a pallet belt of a conveyor

A method for mounting a conveyor chain for a pallet belt of a moving walkway, the method comprising:

• providing a plurality of elongated chain links connected by a plurality of chain pins so as to be arranged at a chain spacing distance one behind the other in an extension direction of a conveyor chain of the moving walkway, wherein two chain links adjacent in the extension direction are coupled together in a joint area by a chain pin, wherein each of the two chain links can pivot with respect to the other about a central longitudinal axis of the chain pin;
• providing a plurality of elongated connecting elements to which pallets can be attached;
• coupling the connecting elements in a coupling process to one another and to the chain links, wherein:
• the connecting elements are arranged one behind the other parallel to the extension direction of the conveyor chain,
• each of the connecting elements is coupled at a front end to an associated first chain pin and at a rear end to an associated second chain pin, wherein the first chain pin and the second chain pin couple chain links, and wherein a connecting element spacing distance between the first and second chain pins is an integer multiple of the chain spacing distance,
• the connecting elements are coupled to the chain pins such that they can be pivoted transversely to the extension direction about the central longitudinal axes of the chain pins,
• two connecting elements adjacent in the extension direction are arranged so as to overlap each other and a rear end of a first of the two connecting elements and a front end of a second of the two connecting elements are each coupled to a common chain pin,
• the front end of each of the connecting elements can be coupled pivotably and in a coaxially positioned manner to the respective first chain pin, and the rear end of each of the connecting elements can be pivotably coupled to the respective second chain pin and guided in the extension direction in a displaceably linear manner over a predetermined distance, and
• during the coupling process at least one of the connecting elements is initially coupled to the associated chain pin with a first of the two ends by sliding it in an axial direction and then, by pivoting in a pivoting direction, is coupled in a tangential direction to the chain pin that is associated with this end with a second end that is opposite the first end.