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

Claim 9:
10. 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 rails comprise a tongue and groove connector such that rails from adjacent track sections form an interlaced connection with a tongue on one track section fitting into a groove on an adjacent track section, and
wherein at least the running surface where the bearings contact the tongue and groove is each configured with a slope portion sloped inward relative to the running surface towards the other at a predetermined slope and configured such that the bearings transition from one track section to another on the sloped portions and a non-alignment of the rails within a predetermined alignment tolerance will not impact movement of a bearing surface over the joint.