Sprocket for Easy Cleaning
AssigneeHabasit AG
InventorsDieter Guldenfels, Marco Lucchi
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Abstract
A drive sprocket for driving a modular belt having a plurality of belt modules with intercalated link ends connected by transverse pivot members to form hinges. The belt modules may have transverse ribs. The drive sprocket is driven by a shaft. The drive sprocket has a central opening for receiving the shaft. The body has a plurality of teeth disposed in pairs along a periphery of the body. The body has a first opening formed between adjacent pairs of teeth and extending toward the center of the sprocket to provide access to the hinge area, when the belt engages with the sprocket, for application of cleaning fluid.
Claims7
A drive sprocket for driving a modular belt having a plurality of belt modules with intercalated link ends connected by transverse pivot members to form hinges, the drive sprocket being driven by a shaft, the drive sprocket comprising:
- a body having an opening in the center for receiving the shaft, the body having a plurality of teeth disposed in pairs along a periphery of the body, the body having at least one first opening formed between adjacent pairs of teeth, the first opening extending toward the center of the sprocket to provide access to the hinge area, when the belt engages with the sprocket, for application of cleaning fluid;
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- wherein the teeth are disposed in two rows along the periphery of the sprocket, wherein the teeth of one pair of teeth are offset in the rotational direction of the sprocket as well as laterally.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.