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US 9,061,829 B2Granted
Conveyor belt with improved edge configuration
AssigneeCambridge International, Inc.
InventorsFrank Salsone, Thomas O. Perdue, George H. Messick, Jr.
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Abstract
A flat wire conveyor belt having a plurality of spaced tractive rods, a plurality of rows of flat wire wickets transversely disposed with respect to a direction of travel and interconnecting the plurality of spaced tractive rods, a plurality of reinforcing bars, a plurality of belt drive clips, and a plurality of belt hold-down clips. The plurality of reinforcing bars, belt drive clips and belt hold-down clips are disposed on at least one outer edge of the flat wire conveyor belt to reduce fatigue failures on the driven edges of the conveyor belt and thereby improve the edge drive capability thereof.
Claims17
A flat wire conveyor belt comprising:
- a plurality of spaced tractive rods;
- a plurality of rows of flat wire wickets transversely disposed with respect to a direction of travel and interconnecting said plurality of spaced tractive rods;
- a plurality of reinforcing bars;
- a plurality of belt drive clips, each of said plurality of belt clips being generally J-shaped with a first leg portion, a second leg portion, and a connecting portion, the first and second leg portions defining two substantially parallel planes and the connecting portion defining a plane intersecting the two substantially parallel planes, each of said plurality of belt clips having at least one opening in the first leg portion or the second leg portion and no openings in the connecting portion, the openings of each belt drive clip existing entirely in the planes of the first and second leg portions;
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- a plurality of belt hold-down clips;
- wherein said conveyor belt includes opposing first and second outer edges and said plurality of reinforcing bars, belt drive clips and belt hold-down clips are disposed on at least one of the first and second outer edges of the flat wire conveyor belt such that said reinforcing bars, belt drive clips and belt hold-down clips improve the edge drive capability of said conveyor belt;
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- wherein each of said plurality of belt hold-down clips includes a base member having at least one opening and an upstanding member disposed substantially perpendicular to said base member, each of said plurality of belt hold-down clips further including opposing wing portions extending from opposing sides of said base member.
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A flat wire conveyor belt with improved edge drive capability, said conveyor belt comprising:
- a plurality of spaced tractive rods;
- a plurality of rows of flat wire wickets transversely disposed with respect to a direction of travel and interconnecting said plurality of spaced tractive rods;
- a plurality of belt drive clips, each of said plurality of belt clips being generally J-shaped with a first leg portion, a second leg portion, and a connecting portion, the first and second leg portions defining substantially parallel planes and the connecting portion defining a plane intersecting the two parallel planes, each of said plurality of belt clips having at least one opening in the first leg portion or the second leg portion and the connecting portion having no openings;
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- a plurality of belt hold-down clips, wherein each of said plurality of belt hold-down clips includes a base member having at least one opening and an upstanding member disposed substantially perpendicular to said base member, each of said plurality of belt hold-down clips further including opposing wing portions extending from opposing sides of said base member;
- wherein said conveyor belt includes opposing first and second outer edges and said plurality of belt drive clips are disposed on at least one of the first and second outer edges of the flat wire conveyor belt.
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A flat wire conveyor belt with improved edge drive capability, said conveyor belt comprising:
- a plurality of spaced tractive rods;
- a plurality of rows of flat wire wickets transversely disposed with respect to a direction of travel and interconnecting said plurality of spaced tractive rods;
- a plurality of belt drive clips and/or a plurality of belt hold-down clips;
- wherein each of said plurality of belt clips are generally J-shaped with a first leg portion, a second leg portion, and a connecting portion, the first and second leg portions defining substantially parallel planes and the connecting portion defining a plane intersecting the two parallel planes, each of said plurality of belt clips having at least one opening in the first leg portion or the second leg portion, the openings of each of the belt clips existing entirely in the planes of the first and second leg portions;
- wherein each of said plurality of belt hold-down clips further includes a base member having at least one opening and opposing wing portions extending from opposing sides of said base member;
- wherein said conveyor belt includes opposing first and second outer edges and said plurality of belt drive clips and/or belt hold-down clips are disposed on at least one of the first and second outer edges of the flat wire conveyor belt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.