Patent ID: 6409009
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
Apparatus for connecting a reciprocating conveyor slat having an inner space and laterally spaced apart bottom flanges, to a drive beam that is situated below the bottom flanges, said apparatus comprising:an upper clamp member fitable into the inner space of the conveyor slat and having side portions positionable above the bottom flanges; a lower clamp member connected to the drive beam and having side portions below the bottom flanges; and at least one bolt having a head and a threaded shank, said bolt being insertable upwardly through openings in the drive beam and the lower clamp member and being threadable into a threaded opening in the upper clamp member, whereby said bolt can be tightened to pull the upper clamp member downwardly and firmly clamp the bottom flanges of the conveyor slat between the side portions of the upper and lower clamp members, allowing the conveyor slat to be connected to the drive beam without the use of fastener holes in the top of the conveyor slat.