Support link for a conveyor belt

Abstract

A support link for a self-stacking spiral conveyor belt, which includes a carrier on which a self-stacking spiral conveyor belt is supportable, a set of orthogonally arranged rolling elements connected to the carrier, in use to guide the carrier along a conveyor path and an interlink mountable onto the carrier. The interlink is connectable to a matched interlink of an adjacent support link through couplers disposed on opposing ends thereof, whereby the connection of a plurality of support links results in a support chain. Furthermore, there is provided a supporting frame defining the conveyor path on which the support chain is movable and a motor driving the support chain by means of a drive gear, which interacted with a drive interface disposed on each support link.

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