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US 5,775,068 AGranted
Bag forming, filling and sealing machine with endless supporting belts
AssigneeSIG Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft
InventorsThomas Strasser, Theo Walz, Werner Kern
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Abstract
An arrangement for an endless belt includes an endless belt having an inside adapted to be driven by a transport wheel and an outside. Elastic fingers are attached to the outside of the endless belt. The elastic fingers are substantially evenly spaced from one another. Each elastic finger has a free end and another end that constitutes a fastening point to the endless belt. Each elastic finger has a curved shape between the free end and the fastening point and presents a clamping region between the free end and the fastening point.
Claims16
An arrangement for an endless belt, comprising:
- an endless belt having an inside adapted to be driven by a transport wheel and an outside;
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- elastic fingers attached to the outside of the endless belt, the elastic fingers being substantially evenly spaced from one another, each elastic finger having a free end and another end that constitutes a fastening point to the endless belt, and each elastic finger having a curved shape between the free end and the fastening point and presenting a clamping region between the free end and the fastening point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.