A conveyor for transporting a product

A conveyor for transporting a product, the product being preferably in the form of respective articles, in particular in the form of articles of the tissue industry, preferably made of paper or other material such as woven or non-woven fabric, these articles being preferably in the form of rolls, packages, in particular, packs or packets, or respective containers, particularly for toilet paper, kitchen paper, napkins, handkerchiefs, face wipes, hand towels, bed sheets and the like, or in the form of rolls of material for kitchen use such as aluminium foil, plastic wrap, greaseproof paper or the like, the conveyor comprising means for supporting and guiding an endless conveyor belt, especially one of the type with articulated links, the belt including at least one respective positive stretch, in particular for transporting the product, and preferably a return stretch, if necessary positioned under the respective longitudinal transporting stretch;

• and means for driving the conveyor belt and comprising means for engaging the respective link of the conveyor belt and, more specifically, means which are adapted to engage a rear-facing surface of the respective conveyor belt link, the means for engaging and driving the conveyor belt being adapted to engage a respective longitudinal stretch, preferably rectilinear, of the conveyor belt itself;
• the means, in particular the respective engagement element or tooth, being inserted into a corresponding cavity or space defined between longitudinally adjacent links of the conveyor belt, in particular between corresponding articulation cores of the links;
• the respective engagement tooth or element having a front face for engaging and driving a corresponding rear-facing surface, in particular of the articulation core of the respective link of the conveyor belt;
• and the front face of the respective engagement tooth or element having a front portion for engaging the corresponding rear-facing surface, in particular of the articulation core of the respective link of the conveyor belt, which extends planarly or substantially planarly and, when in the engaged condition, which extends perpendicularly or substantially perpendicularly to the product transporting surface of the conveyor belt, in particular extending vertically or substantially vertically;
• wherein the front face of the respective engagement tooth or element has a perpendicularly external portion, which is inclinedly recessed relative to the front engagement portion of the front face to facilitate disengagement of the engagement element or tooth of the conveyor belt link.