Conveyor system for wheeled structures and improvements thereto

A conveyor system, comprising:

• an endless belt mounted in a longitudinal direction through a service line, the endless belt having an upper transport portion which is sized to support a wheeled structure through the service line, and a lower return portion;
• and
• a support deck positioned to support the upper transport portion of the endless belt, the support deck including a lower support deck structure, and a plurality of wear plates that are supported on the lower support deck structure and which are engageable with the upper transport portion of the endless belt, wherein the support deck includes a plurality of alignment aperture pairs, wherein each alignment aperture pair includes a first alignment aperture through the lower support deck structure, and a second alignment aperture through one of the plurality of wear plates,
• a belt-rinsing system including a plurality of rinsing system outlet bodies,
• a plurality of alignment bodies, wherein each of the plurality of alignment bodies extends into one of the first alignment apertures of the lower support deck structure and into one of the second alignment apertures of one of the plurality of wear plates, so as to inhibit movement of said one of the plurality of wear plates relative to the lower support deck structure,
• wherein each of the plurality of alignment bodies has
• a first alignment body portion having a first width, and which is sized to fit into the first alignment apertures,
• a second alignment body portion having a second width that is larger than the first width, and which is sized to fit into the second alignment apertures,
• an alignment body shoulder between the first and second alignment body portions that is supported on an alignment body support surface between the first alignment aperture and the second alignment aperture of each of the alignment aperture pairs.

A conveyor system, comprising:

• an endless belt mounted in a longitudinal direction through a service line, the endless belt having an upper transport portion which is sized to support a wheeled structure through the service line, and a lower return portion;
• and
• a support deck positioned to support the upper transport portion of the endless belt, the support deck including a lower support deck structure, and a plurality of wear plates that are supported on the lower support deck structure and which are engageable with the upper transport portion of the endless belt, wherein the plurality of wear plates include a plurality of wheel support wear plates, and a plurality of peripheral wear plates, wherein the plurality of wear plates include a plurality of insert apertures, and a plurality of wear inserts positioned in the plurality of insert apertures, wherein the wear plates are made from a wear plate material and the wear inserts are made from a wear insert material and that is different than the wear plate material,
• wherein the plurality of wheel support wear plates are positioned to directly support regions of the endless belt that directly support wheels of the wheeled structure,
• wherein the plurality of peripheral wear plates are adjacent the plurality of wheel support wear plates,
• wherein at least a majority of the plurality of wear inserts are positioned on the wheel support wear plates.