Conveyor belt for treatment of particulate solid material

A conveyor belt comprised of a plurality of endless conveyor belt links which articulate in such a manner that the endless conveyor belt links which articulate in such a manner that the endless conveyor belt can follow a spiral path along a portion of a predetermined path, the endless conveyor link comprising:

• (a) two spacer members substantially perpendicular to the plane formed by the conveyor belt;
• (b) a fixed rod fixedly connected to both spacer members;
• (c) an articulation rod fixedly connected to both spacer members;
• (d) a foraminous bottom member fixedly attached to either or both the fixed rod and the articulation rod, the foraminous bottom member extending along a portion of the transverse width of the conveyor link;
• wherein the articulation rod of each endless conveyor belt link is connected to an adjacent endless conveyor belt link's spacer members and the foraminous bottom member is of sufficient length in the direction of conveyor belt travel to partially overlap an adjacent foraminous bottom member, and is shaped such that the foraminous bottom member does not impede the endless conveyor belt's radial articulation or vertical articulation, wherein each foraminous bottom member has at least one upstanding flange at one or more ends of the foraminous bottom member, wherein the flange of a foraminous bottom member overlaps the flanges of an adjacent foraminous bottom member in the same manner as the foraminous bottom members overlap, and wherein the flanges are shaped such that the flanges do not impede the conveyor belt's radial articulation or vertical articulation.

An endless conveyor belt comprised of a plurality of conveyor links which articulate in such a manner that the endless conveyor belt can follow a predetermined path, each conveyor link comprising:

• (a) two spacer members substantially perpendicular to the plan formed by the conveyor belt;
• (b) a fixed rod fixedly connected to both spacer members;
• (c) an articulation rod fixedly connected to both spacer members;
• (d) a bottom member which is fixedly attached to either the fixed rod or the articulation rod or both, the bottom member extending along a portion of the width of the conveyor link, and shaped such that the bottom member does not impede the conveyor belt's articulation;
• wherein the articulation rod of each conveyor link is connected to an adjacent conveyor link's spacer members, wherein an upstanding flange is attached to one or more ends of each bottom member in such a manner that the flanges are shaped such that the flanges do not impede the conveyor belts' articulation.