Flat wire conveyor belt with multiple connecting rods and strengthening edges
AssigneeWire Belt Company of America
InventorsShane Record, Kevin Bostaph, Dale Strassner, Ray Tomsett, Ronald Arndt
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Abstract
The flat wire conveyor belt comprises multiple part connecting rods used to incrementally extend the length of the flat wire conveyor belt and provide ease of repair and installation. The flat wire conveyor belt comprises U-shaped connecting rods. The multiple part connecting rods can be connected in a series of two or more to span the width of the flat conveyor belt. The flat wire connecting rods can connect to the picket, to each other, or via and intermediate connecting rod. The flat wire conveyor belt provides strengthened edges.
Claims23
A flat wire conveyor belt comprising:
- a plurality of pickets, wherein each picket comprises a first end and a second end, and each picket has a length defining the width of a flat wire conveyor belt;
- a plurality of linking regions bendably formed and spaced along the length of each picket, wherein each linking region has a first set of holes and a second set of holes;
- a plurality of first edge linking regions, wherein each first edge linking region is the linking region formed at the first end of the picket, and each first edge linking region comprises a first outer edge hole wherein the first outer edge hole is the hole in the first set of holes formed nearest to the first end of each picket;
- a plurality of second edge linking regions, wherein each second edge linking region is the linking region formed at the second end of each picket, and each second edge linking region comprises as second outer edge hole wherein the second outer edge hole is the hole in the first set of holes formed nearest to the second end of each picket;
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- a plurality of connecting rods, wherein each connecting rod comprises to first end and a second end, and each connecting rod is configured to pass through thee first set of holes of at least one linking region on a first picket and the second set of holes of the at least one linking region on an adjoining picket, and each connecting rod has a length less than the width of the flat wire conveyor belt, thereby reversibly linking two adjoining pickets and incrementally extending a length of the fiat wire conveyor belt.
The flat wire conveyer belt of claim wherein the second end of the connecting rod comprises a hook.
The flat wire conveyer belt of claim f, wherein the first end of the connecting rod comprises a flattened portion that cannot pass through the first set of holes and the second set of holes once rotated.
A flat wire conveyor belt comprising:
- a plurality of pickets, wherein each picket comprises a first end and a second end, and each picket has a length defining the width of a flat wire conveyor belt;
- a plurality of linking regions bendably formed and spaced along the length of each picket, wherein each linking region has a first set of holes and a second set of holes;
- a plurality of first edge linking regions, wherein each first edge linking region is the linking region formed at the first end of the picket, and each first edge linking region comprises a first outer edge hole wherein the first outer edge hole is the hole in the first set of holes formed nearest to the first end of each picket;
- a plurality of second edge linking regions, wherein each second edge linking region is the linking region formed at the second end of each picket, and each second edge linking region comprises a second outer edge hole wherein the second outer edge hole is the hole in the first set of holes formed nearest to the second end of each picket;
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- a plurality of U-shaped connecting rods, wherein each U-shaped connecting rod comprises a first linking arm substantially parallel to a second linking arm, wherein each first linking arm comprises a first end and the first linking arm is configured to pass through the first set of holes of at least one linking region on a first picket and the second set of holes of at least one linking region on at second picket, wherein each second linking arm comprises a second end and the second linking arm is configured to pass through the first set of holes of at least one linking region on the second picket and the second set of holes of at least one linking region on a third picket, thereby reversibly linking three adjoining pickets and incrementally extending a length of the flat wire conveyor belt.
The flat wire conveyor belt of claim I 9, wherein a first U-shaped connecting rod reversibly connects to a second U-shaped connecting rod via an intermediate connecting, rod to span the width of the flat ire conveyor belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.