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US 7,987,972 B2Granted
Wire plate conveyor belt
AssigneeCambridge International, Inc.
InventorsCharles Hennigar, Chetwyn Jones
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Abstract
A conveyor belt includes a plurality of spaced rods transversely disposed with respect to a direction of travel and a plurality of plate elements overlying at least some of the rods so as to provide a support surface which imparts a predetermined marking or lack of marking to the product being conveyed.
Claims13
A conveyor belt comprising:
- a plurality of spaced rods, each of said plurality of rods including a first end and a second end, said plurality of rods being disposed transversely with respect to a direction of travel of the conveyor belt;
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- a plurality of plate elements overlying at least some of said spaced rods, whereby a front side of said plurality of plate elements define a product support surface;
- wherein said plurality of plate elements are connected to said plurality of spaced rods at a leading edge of said plate elements and at a trailing edge of said plate elements relative to the direction of travel of the conveyor belt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.