Patent ID: 6142290
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: B65G,E01H

Abstract:
A conveyor for handling refuse in a street sweeping machine, comprising: at least one motor (16), a plurality of idler members driven in rotation by said motor (16) and defining respective rotation axes (11a), flexible elements connected to said idler members and having an endless extension, and transport blades (8) in engagement with said flexible elements,said flexible elements being belts (6) having a toothed face (6a), and said idler members being bell-shaped bodies (7) each comprising a shaped support (17) extending in a direction concordant with a respective rotation axis (11a), an annular border (18) extending radially from said shaped support (17), and a plurality of pins (19) fixed to said annular border (18) and tangentially overlying said shaped support (17), said shaped support (17) supporting, in a resting condition, a portion of said pins (19), to be engaged in said toothed face (6a) by meshing.