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US 11,851,280 B2Granted
Tube conveyor with belting having longitudinal cogs
AssigneeContiTech Transportbandsysteme GmbH
InventorsChad R. Haugen, Mark Beyer
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Abstract
A tube conveyor including a tube and a conveyor belt. The tube has a bore extending therethrough. The conveyor belt is movable through the tube bore. The conveyor belt includes a base and at least one first longitudinal cog. The base has a first edge and a surface. The at least one first longitudinal cog extends from the base surface. The at least one first longitudinal cog is oriented substantially parallel to the first edge.
Claims16
A tube conveyor comprising:
- a tube having a bore extending therethrough;
- and
- a conveyor belt that is movable through the tube bore, wherein the conveyor belt comprises:
- a base having a first edge, wherein the base has a surface;
- and
- at least one first longitudinal cog extending from the base surface, wherein the at least one first longitudinal cog is oriented substantially parallel to the first edge;
- the at least one first longitudinal cog comprises an inner sidewall, an outer sidewall and an upper cog surface that extends between the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall, wherein the inner sidewall is oriented away from the first edge and wherein the outer sidewall is oriented towards the first edge;
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- the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall are both oriented at angle of up to about 15 degrees and wherein the angle of the outer sidewall is greater than the angle of the inner sidewall.
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A method of conveying product in a tube conveyor comprising:
- providing a tube conveyor comprising a tube and a conveyor belt, wherein the tube has a bore extending therethrough, wherein the conveyor belt comprises a base and at least one first longitudinal cog, wherein the base has a first edge and a surface, wherein the at least one first longitudinal cog extends from the base surface and wherein the at least one first longitudinal cog is oriented substantially parallel to the first edge;
- placing product on the conveyor belt;
- moving the conveyor belt through the tube bore to convey the product with the tube conveyor;
- restricting lateral movement of the product on the conveyor belt as the conveyor belt is moving through the tube bore with the at least one longitudinal cogs;
- the conveyor belt further comprises at least one cleat that extends from the base surface and wherein the at least one first longitudinal cog is closer to the first edge than the at least one cleat;
- the conveyor belt further comprises at least one cleat that extends from the base surface, wherein the at least one cleat comprises a first end that is oriented towards the first edge, wherein the at least one first longitudinal cog comprises a plurality of longitudinal cogs that are provided on the base surface in a spaced-apart relationship, and wherein a distance between adjacent longitudinal cogs is approximately equal to a distance between the cleat first end and the at least one first longitudinal cog that is closest to the at least one cleat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.