Patent ID: 9701479
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B65G

Claim:
1. Conveyor having an endless conveyor belt arranged around two cylinders one cylinder arranged in each end of the conveyor belt, said conveyor belt defining a transport path and a return path, wherein in a first end of the transport path a feeding station is arranged, where said cylinders and said feeding station are arranged on a conveyor carrying structure, and where the endless conveyor belt is made from a plurality of modular belt modules, where adjacent modules in the transport direction are hingely connected and where at least one module has a width, and a length, where the width and length define a plane, and a thickness orthogonal to said plane, such that the module is limited by two longitudinal sides, and a front and rear side, where the module comprises one or more upper parts and a lower part, both the one or more upper parts and the lower part being pivotably connectable in use to a forwardly arranged belt module, whereas only the lower part is connected in use to a rearwardly arranged belt module, and where said one or more upper parts are provided with means projecting below said lower part at least when the one or more upper parts are in the same plane as said lower part to pivot said one or more upper parts from a non-elevated position wherein said one or more upper parts are substantially flush with said plane of said conveyor belt to a raised position wherein said one or more upper parts are disposed substantially perpendicular to said plane of said conveyor belt to define a raised height of said one or more upper parts extending from said plane of said conveyor belt to an end of said one or more upper parts in said raised position; said feeding station arranged on the conveyor's substructure comprises two side walls arranged such that the planes of the walls are parallel to the travelling direction of the conveyor belt and adjacent to the belt's longitudinal sides and substantially orthogonal to the plane of the conveyor belt's surface, and an end wall spanning between the two walls across the conveyor belt, leaving a gap between the upper surface of the conveyor belt and the lower edge of said end wall being less than said raised height of said one or more upper parts in said raised position.