Patent ID: 7604109
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: B65G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connection for releasably connecting together confronting ends of first and second conveyor slats, comprising: said first conveyor slat including a first end portion having a longitudinal first passageway; said second conveyor slat having a second end portion having a longitudinal second passageway; an elongated coupler member in said first passageway; a shim projecting endwise outwardly from the first end portion of the first conveyor slat on one side of the first passageway; said coupler member being extendable endwise outwardly from the first passageway beyond the shim, and when so extended being insertable into an entry portion of the second passageway; said first portion being movable relatively towards the second portion when the coupler member is extended, for first moving the extended coupler member into and through the entry portion of the second passageway, and then moving the shim into the entry portion of the second passageway along side the coupler member; and said second portion and said coupler member having confronting first and second lock surfaces that make contact with each other and hold the first and second conveyor slats together when the shim and coupler member are both in the entry portion of the second passageway and the coupler member is retracted.