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US 11,802,608 B2Granted
Sidewall fastening system for a conveyor belt
AssigneeLaitram, L.L.C.
InventorsJohn Stong, Gabriel Nazar, Gerko Hulshof, Martin Sprenkeler, Michael Hendrik DeGroot, Jeff Batchelder, James R. Honeycutt, Jr.
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Abstract
A flexible thermoplastic conveyor belt constructed of one or more belt segments having corrugated sidewalls. The one or more segments are joined end to end at one or more joints. The ends of the sidewalls at or near the joints are fastened together by fasteners to form a continuous sidewall along the length of the belt. The fasteners are toolless fasteners requiring no tools; they can be fastened and unfastened by hand alone.
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A conveyor belt comprising:
- one or more belt segments joined at one or more joints into an endless conveyor belt loop that extends in width from a first side to a second side;
- one or more segment sidewalls, each extending from a first end to a second end along one of the belt segments proximate the first side or the second side of the conveyor belt loop;
- one or more fasteners, each joining a first end of a segment sidewall to a second end of a segment sidewall proximate each of the one or more joints to form a continuous sidewall proximate the first side or the second side and bridging the one or more joints;
- wherein the fastener is a toolless fastener requiring no tools to join the first end and the second end;
- wherein the one or more segment sidewalls have bottoms attached to the belt segments along their lengths except at the first and second ends.
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A conveyor belt comprising:
- one or more belt segments joined at one or more joints into an endless conveyor belt loop that extends in width from a first side to a second side;
- one or more segment sidewalls, each extending from a first end to a second end along one of the belt segments proximate the first side or the second side of the conveyor belt loop,
- wherein each of the segment sidewalls include includes:
- a first fastener element integral with the segment sidewall at the first end;
- a second fastener element integral with the segment sidewall at the second end;
- wherein the one or more segment sidewalls are joined first end to second end by engaging the first fastener elements with the second fastener elements to interlock the first ends with the second ends and form a continuous sidewall proximate the first side or the second side and bridging the one or more joints;
- wherein the one or more segment sidewalls have bottoms attached to the belt segments along their lengths except at the first and second ends.
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A conveyor belt comprising:
- one or more belt segments joined at one or more joints into an endless conveyor belt loop that extends in width from a first side to a second side;
- one or more segment sidewalls, each extending from a first end to a second end along one of the belt segments proximate the first side or the second side of the conveyor belt loop, wherein each of the segment sidewalls includes:
- a first fastener element integral with the segment sidewall at the first end;
- a second fastener element integral with the segment sidewall at the second end;
- wherein the one or more segment sidewalls are joined first end to second end by engaging the first fastener elements with the second fastener elements to interlock the first ends with the second ends and form a continuous sidewall proximate the first side or the second side and bridging the one or more joints;
- wherein the first fastener element is a tab extending from the first end and the second fastener element is a wall slot formed in and extending through the second end sized to receive and retain the tab at the first end.
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A conveyor belt comprising:
- one or more belt segments joined at one or more joints into an endless conveyor belt loop that extends in width from a first side to a second side;
- one or more segment sidewalls, each extending from a first end to a second end along one of the belt segments proximate the first side or the second side of the conveyor belt loop;
- one or more clips, each joining a first end of a segment sidewall to a second end of a segment sidewall proximate each of the one or more joints to form a continuous sidewall proximate the first side or the second side and bridging the one or more joints.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.