Patent ID: 6732856
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A modular conveyor belt assembly comprising:a plurality of modular links, each of said modular links including at least one pair of first projecting legs, and at least one pair of second projecting legs, said first projecting legs each having a substantially planar inner leg surface, a substantially planar outer leg surface, and a projecting engagement element extending from each of said inner leg surfaces, and said second projecting legs each having an inner leg surface, an outer leg surface, and an elongated through-opening extending transversely through said second projecting leg from said inner leg surface to said outer leg surface; wherein said plurality of modular links are interconnected to form said conveyor belt, a first one of the engagement elements of a first one of said plurality of modular links cooperating with the through-opening of a second one of said plurality of modular links and a second one of the engagement elements of the first one of the plurality of modular links cooperating with the through-opening of a third one of said plurality of modular links.