Patent ID: 6615979
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A conveyor belt comprising:a plurality of elongated rods interconnected with each other; a plurality of slide-in overlay elements, each having an upper surface adapted to support items to be conveyed, and a transverse opening sized to slidably receive one of the elongated rods; and a plurality of retaining overlay elements, each having an upper surface adapted to support items to be conveyed, a transverse opening sized to receive one of the elongated rods, and a vertical opening to allow vertical insertion of each retaining overlay element on to an elongated rod in a manner that each retaining element is adjacent to a slide-in overlay element; wherein said upper surface of each of the plurality of slide-in overlay elements are substantially coplanar to the upper surface of each of the plurality of retaining overlay elements; and wherein each of the plurality of slide-in overlay elements and the plurality of retaining overlay elements include a plurality of spaced intermeshing extensions that form receiving compartments adapted receive intermeshing extensions of an adjacent overlay element thereby interlinking adjacent overlay elements together, the vertical opening of each of the plurality of retaining overlay elements being positioned on an intermeshing extension.