Patent ID: 6250459
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: B65G,F16G

Abstract:
Conveyor chain for conveying products, of the type that comprises a plurality of links, each link having a body defining a supporting surface for the products that are to be conveyed, two adjacent links in the plurality of links being hinged to each other by a spindle of predetermined axis parallel to the supporting surface and extending between side projections of a first link of the two links and a central projection of a second link of the two links, these two links being articulated together by a hinge pin on a predetermined axis intersecting the axis of the spindle and perpendicular to the supporting surface, the spindle passing through this hinge pin which is rotatable in a seat formed in the central projection of the second link, wherein the said chain comprises a flat part which is housed in a depression in the body of the second link, is rotatable about the axis of the hinge pin and is fastened axially to the body of the second link by retention means, the said flat part having a portion in the shape of a segment of a circle that rotates in the depression and a rectangular portion continuing from the second link and held between the side projections of the first link.