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US 2025/0388408 A1Published application
Conveyor Module With Elevatable Outside Edge
AssigneeSafari Belting Systems, Inc.
InventorChristopher J. Smith
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Abstract
A conveyor system module is disclosed having an edge recess with an edge clearance to a carryway. The edge clearance permits insertion of a fulcrum edge of a rotatable lever for cleaning beneath the module. The module has a landing on the bottom surface that extends between the outside edge and the drive bar to receive the lifting edge of the lever when rotated and facilitate cleaning across the entire bottom of the module.
Claims13
A conveyor belt module, comprising:
- a leading edge and an opposite trailing edge;
- a top surface, and an opposite bottom surface;
- an outside edge and an opposite inside edge;
- a plurality of first links located along the leading edge, and having an outermost link located closest to the outside edge;
- a plurality of second links located along the trailing edge, and offset from the first links;
- the module having a module extension extending between the outside edge and the outermost link;
- a bullnose formed on the leading edge between the outside edge and the outermost link;
- the outside edge extending downward from the bottom surface and adjoined to the bullnose;
- a fulcrum edge on a bottom of the outside edge;
- and,
- an edge clearance separating the fulcrum edge from the bottom.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.