US 2021/0261344 A1Published application

Link for a chain for an article conveyor

AssigneeRexnord Flattop Europe B.V.

InventorsAndrea ANDREOLI, Antonino FIORE, Davide CALCIOLARI

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Abstract

A link for a chain for an article conveyor includes first and second link elements formed as coupleable separate parts. The first link element may be configured to support articles, and the second link element may be adapted to support the first link element and to allow the chain to be moved when in use. The link includes a hinging region in the second link element for hinging the link to a further link of the chain. The hinging region may be adapted to the insertion within it of a hinging element for hinging the link to another link of the chain. The link includes confining means provided in the first link element and adapted, when the first and second link elements are coupled, to confine the hinging element within the hinging region, thereby preventing the hinging element to escape from the hinging region.

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Dependent claims

Link for a chain for an article conveyor, wherein said link comprises:

a first link element and a second link element formed as coupleable separate parts, the first link element being configured to support articles to be conveyed, and the second link element being adapted to support the first link element and to allow the chain to be moved when in use in the article conveyor;
a hinging region provided in the second link element for hinging said link to a further link of the chain, said hinging region being adapted to the insertion within it of a hinging element along an insertion direction for hinging the link to another link of the chain,
confining means provided in the first link element and adapted, when the first link element is coupled to the second link element, to confine said hinging element within the hinging region along the insertion direction, thereby preventing the hinging element to escape from said hinging region along the insertion direction.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/260,377Filed 20 Sep 2019
Priority: IT 10201800000880421 Sep 2018
Published: 26 Aug 2021
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Classification7 codes

B65G 17/065
Having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected, e.g. longitudinal, links, plates, or platforms: the load carrying surface…
B65G 17/40
Chains or like traction elements ; Connections between traction elements and load-carriers: chains acting as load-carriers
B65G 17/08
Having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected, e.g. longitudinal, links, plates, or platforms: the surface being formed by…
B65G 17/42
Chains or like traction elements ; Connections between traction elements and load-carriers: attaching load carriers to traction elements

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