Patent ID: 9522786
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: B65G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A conveyor belt comprising: a first link with a first transverse rib and a plurality of first link legs extending from the first transverse rib, the first link including a first rod receiving aperture extending through one of the plurality of first link legs; a second link with a second transverse rib and a plurality of second link legs extending from the second transverse rib, the second link including a second rod receiving aperture extending through one of the plurality of second link legs, the plurality of second link legs configured to be received between the plurality of first link legs such that the first link legs and the second link legs are in an alternating arrangement; a rod extending through the first rod receiving aperture and the second rod receiving aperture to connect the first link and the second link; the first link including a first abutting surface formed on one of the plurality of first link legs; and the second link including a stepped portion that forms a shoulder on one of the plurality of second link legs where a first thickness of the second link leg changes to a second thickness, the shoulder defining a second abutting surface, the first abutting surface configured to abut the second abutting surface, the second rod receiving aperture and the first rod receiving aperture being aligned when the first abutting surface abuts the second abutting surface, wherein the plurality of first link legs are configured to interdigitate with the plurality of second link legs, wherein the first abutting surface is rounded, and wherein the first abutting surface is substantially concentric with the first rod receiving aperture.