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AssigneeRexnord Flattop Europe B.V.
InventorsLeonardus Adrianus Catharinus Cornelissen, Cornelis Hendrik Mijndert Menke
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Side flexing modular conveyor belt, comprising a plurality of rows of conveyor modules, the rows being arranged successively in a conveying direction, and each row comprising one or more conveyor modules arranged side by side transversely to the conveying direction, so that top faces of the conveyor modules together form a conveying plane. The modules are provided with forward link elements at a front side of the module that extend in conveying direction and with rearward link elements at a rear side of the module that extend opposite to the conveying direction, forward and rearward link elements of modules of successive rows being hingedly coupled with hinge elements that extend transversely to the conveying direction through hinge openings in the hinge elements so that the modules can rotate relative to each about a first axis in or parallel to the conveying plane as well as about a second axis perpendicular to the conveying plane. The hinge elements between successive rows of conveyor modules comprise a main hinge pin that extends along the first axis across at least a center of the conveyor belt, and an auxiliary hinge pin that extends along the first axis from a lateral edge of the conveyor belt towards the center of the conveyor belt. The main hinge pin has a substantially constant cross section, preferably a cylindrical cross section, with a first dimension in conveying direction, and the auxiliary hinge pin includes a tapered section that tapers off towards said opposite lateral edge of the conveyor belt to a second, smaller dimension in conveying direction.
Side flexing modular conveyor belt, comprising a plurality of rows of conveyor modules, the rows being arranged successively in a conveying direction, and each row comprising one or more conveyor modules arranged side by side transversely to the conveying direction, so that top faces of the conveyor modules together form a conveying plane, the modules being provided with forward link elements at a front side of the module that extend in conveying direction and with rearward link elements at a rear side of the module that extend opposite to the conveying direction, forward and rearward link elements of modules of successive rows being hingedly coupled with hinge elements that extend transversely to the conveying direction through hinge openings in the hinge elements so that the modules can rotate relative to each other about a first axis in or parallel to the conveying plane as well as about a second axis perpendicular to the conveying plane, wherein the hinge elements between successive rows of conveyor modules comprise a main hinge pin that extends along the first axis across at least a center of the conveyor belt, and an auxiliary hinge pin that extends along the first axis from a lateral edge of the conveyor belt towards the center of the conveyor belt, wherein the main hinge pin has a substantially constant cross section, with a first dimension in conveying direction, and wherein the auxiliary hinge pin includes a tapered section that tapers off towards an opposite lateral edge of the conveyor belt to a second, smaller dimension in conveying direction adjacent the lateral edge of the conveyor belt.
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