Patent ID: 11878869
Assignee: nan
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A joint system for managing alignment tolerances in a track section of a conveyor, the system comprising:
a plurality of track sections, each track section comprising at least one end to be joined with an adjacent track section and one or more rails comprising a running surface on which bearings of moving elements move; and
wherein, at the end of each track section, the one or more rails comprise a finger or split rail portion such that rails from adjacent track sections form an interlaced connection between finger and split rail portion and both the finger and split rail portion are angled inward relative to the running surface such that the bearings transition from one track section to another on the finger and the split rail portion and a non-alignment of the rails within a predetermined alignment tolerance will not impact movement of a bearing over the joint.