Wire mesh band
AssigneeGKD Gebr. Kufferath GmbH & Co. KG
InventorKarl Kufferath-Kassner
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Abstract
A wire mesh band or belt with mutually crossing warp wires and weft wires for a conveyor system with grooved support rollers is provided with downwardly extending protrusions. The protrusions are warp wire free providing great flexibility for the band in the longitudinal direction. The protrusions can be formed in all the weft wires or only in selected strengthened weft wires with the remaining weft wires woven into the fabric after the protrusions are formed.
Claims10
A wire mesh band for a conveyor system with driving rollers and return rollers having guide grooves on the circumference thereof:
- said band having mutually crossing warp wires and weft wires;
- said warp wires being oriented longitudinally in the transport direction and grouped into warp wire lanes having warp free lanes disposed therebetween;
- said weft wires being bent downwardly in said warp wire free lanes forming protrusions extending downwardly beyond the lower surface of said band such that said warp wire lanes are in close transverse proximity in said band and said protrusions are warp wire free.
A process of manufacturing a wire mesh band for a conveyor system with driving and return rollers including the steps of:
- weaving warp wires and weft wires together to form a fabric, said warp wires being grouped to form longitudinal lanes having no warp wires flanked by longitudinal lanes having groups of warp wires woven with said weft wires and bending said weft wires downwardly in said warp wire free lanes forming downwardly extending protrusions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.