Belted chain connection system

A segment of a belted chain, having a pair of parallel, flexible belt portions interconnected with transverse bars, each flexible belt portion comprising:

• a belt body with first and second ends, having complementary-shaped integral lugs extending therefrom;
• a non-circular aperture, extending transversely through the integral lugs;
• a reinforcing ply, embedded within the flexible belt, continuously extending from the belt body into each lug, looping around the non-circular aperture therein, and extending back into the belt body;
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• wherein the non-circular apertures of interleaved lugs of the first and second ends of adjacent belt segments are configured to receive a congruently-shaped non-circular pin extending therethrough, to non-rotatably connect the adjacent belt segments.

A segment of a belted chain, having a pair of parallel, flexible belt portions interconnected with transverse bars, each flexible belt portion comprising:

• a belt body having first and second ends, having integral lugs extending therefrom, and a non-circular aperture, extending transversely through the integral lugs, each of the non-circular apertures of the first and second ends of adjacent belt segments being configured to receive a congruently-shaped non-circular pin extending therethrough;
• a reinforcing ply, embedded within the flexible belt, continuously extending from the belt body into each lug, looping around the non-circular aperture therein, and extending back into the belt body;
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• a pair of links, configured to non-rotatably connect the pair of non-circular pins together, thereby interconnecting the first and second flexible belt portions, to non-rotatably connect the adjacent belt segments.