Patent ID: 7234587
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A conveyor chain link, comprising: a main base body; at least one supporting shaft with a plurality of free rollers rotatably associated therewith; supporting means supported at said base body for supporting and retaining said at least one supporting shaft, said supporting means comprising at least one protrusion supported at said base body in a fixed position with respect to said base body and having at least one receptacle arranged below a corresponding one of said free rollers such that when said chain link is not loaded said supporting shaft is arranged in an approximately rectilinear non-deformed configuration and said at least one of said free rollers is arranged distally from and disengaged from said at least one receptacle of said at least one protrusion and such that when said chain link carries a bending load said at least one supporting shaft bends into a deformed configuration and said at least one of said free rollers engages said at least one receptacle; and connection means for articulately connecting the chain link to an adjacent similar chain link.