Conveyor belt with attached strips of teeth
AssigneeThermodrive LLC
InventorMichael DeGroot
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Abstract
An endless conveyor belt (10) comprises a flat belt portion (12) with strips (20) of teeth (28) attached to one side of the flat belt, near the side edges (26) of the flat belt. In another embodiment, the side edges of the strips are attached to the side edges of the flat belt. In either embodiment, the strips are first attached to the flat belt, and then machined to form a plurality of teeth on each strip. The strips can be of a different material than the flat belt. The conveyor belt can be employed with conveyors having small radius pulleys (54) and nose bars (58).
Claims8
An endless conveyor belt comprising a thin flat belt portion having opposing side edges, and two strips of teeth spaced from each other and adhered to the flat belt portion at the side edges, wherein the belt is stretchable through its length and the teeth are formed after adhering the strips to the flat belt portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.