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US 12,297,049 B2Granted
Traction mechanism for pipeline conveying apparatus and pipeline conveying apparatus comprising the same
AssigneeShanghai Yamato Scale Co., Ltd
InventorsXiong Zhang, Youjun Liao
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Abstract
A traction mechanism for pipeline conveying apparatus comprises a flat belt and a plurality of trays fixedly arranged in the lengthwise direction at intervals on the flat belt. The pipeline conveying apparatus further comprises a pipeline, where the traction mechanism is arranged in the pipeline in a penetrating manner, and the pipeline conveying apparatus is further provided with a driving mechanism for driving the traction mechanism to move in the pipeline.
Claims11
A traction mechanism for a pipeline conveying apparatus, comprising
- a flat belt, and
- a plurality of trays,
- wherein the plurality of trays are fixedly arranged in a lengthwise direction of the flat belt at intervals, each of the trays comprises a notch for receiving a driving portion of a driving mechanism that engages with each of the trays, a width of the notch is greater than a width of the flat belt, and the flat belt is embedded and fixed in the notch;
- and
- the flat belt is annular and adopted to be driven by rotating at least one driving wheel to move in a pipeline by wheel surface friction of the driving wheel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.