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AssigneePneumatiques, Caoutchouc Manufacture et Plastiques Kleber-Colombes
InventorFlorent Valcalda
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A flexible support for supporting a conveyor belt of a conveyor having a frame. The flexible support includes at least one flexible element extending beneath a portion of the width of the conveyor belt, which flexible element is attached in the region of the ends thereof to the frame of the conveyor. The length of the flexible element is greater than the linear distance between the attached ends of the flexible element and the flexible element delimits support areas for supporting a portion of the width of the conveyor belt extending at least on opposite sides with respect to the longitudinal median plane of the conveyor. The at least opposite side support areas of the flexible element are responsive to the travel of the conveyor belt for being drawn in the travel direction independently of one another.
A flexible support for supporting a conveyor belt of a conveyor having a frame, comprising at least one individual, flexible and substantially inextensible element extending beneath a portion of the width of the conveyor belt, the at least one individual flexible element being flexible between the ends thereof such that the element is deformable under its own weight into a curve, first means for attaching the at least one individual flexible element at each of its ends to the frame of the conveyor with the length of the at least one individual flexible element being greater than the linear distance between the attached ends of the at least one individual flexible element, the at least one individual flexible element delimiting support areas for supporting a portion of the width of the conveyor belt extending at least on opposite sides with respect to the longitudinal median plane of the conveyor, the at least opposite side support areas of the at least one individual flexible element being responsive to the travel of the conveyor belt for being drawn in the travel direction independently of one another, and the at least one individual flexible element being flexible at least in a region extending from an attached end to at least the immediate area of the longitudinal median plane of the conveyor.
A flexible support for supporting a conveyor belt of a conveyor having a frame, comprising at least one individual, flexible and substantially inextensible element extending beneath a portion of the width of the conveyor belt, the at least one individual flexible element being flexible between the ends thereof such that the element is deformable under its own weight into a curve, first means for attaching the at least one flexible element at each of its ends to the frame of the conveyor with the length of the at least one flexible element being greater than the linear distance between the attached ends of the at least one flexible element, the at least one flexible element delimiting support areas for supporting a portion of the width of the conveyor belt extending at least on opposite sides with respect to the longitudinal median plane of the conveyor, the at least opposite side support areas of the at least one flexible element being responsive to the travel of the conveyor belt for being drawn in the travel direction independently of one another, the at least one individual flexible element extending over the entire width of the conveyor, and second means for attaching a central part of the at least one flexible element to the frame of the conveyor.
A flexible support for supporting a conveyor belt of a conveyor having a frame, comprising at least two individual, flexible and substantially inextensible elements extending beneath a portion of the width of the conveyor belt, each of the individual flexible elements being flexible between the ends thereof such that each element is deformable under its own weight into a curve, first means for attaching the at least two flexible elements at each of their respective ends to the frame of the conveyor with the length of each of the flexible elements being greater than the linear distance between the respective attached ends ofthe respective flexible elements, the at least two flexible elements delimiting support areas for supporting a portion of the width of the conveyor belt extending at least on opposite sides with respect to the longitudinal median plane of the conveyor, the at least opposite side support areas of the at least two flexible elements being responsive to the travel of the conveyor belt for being drawn in the travel direction independently of one another, and wherein at least two parallel flexible elements extend perpendicularly to the longitudinal median plane of the conveyor, said at least two parallel flexible elements being spaced longitudinally relative to one another, each flexible element forming a curve with said at least two individual flexible elements being arranged and operatively associated to form a supporting assembly that extends beneath and across the width of the conveyor belt and which shapes the belt into a deep trough curved configuration.
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