Patent ID: 8356710
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A modular conveyor belt comprising at least one driving chain and a plurality of belt modules extending transversally and parallely mounted over an entire length of said at least one driving chain, each belt module comprising: at least one bottom opening located underneath said belt module, wherein each bottom opening is shaped to receive at least one locking pin extending outwardly from said at least one driving chain, each of said at least one locking pin comprising at least one notch; at least one side opening intersecting with the corresponding at least one bottom opening; a fastener removably mounted in each of said at least one side opening, each fastener comprising a projection positionable between a locked configuration wherein said projection is embedded into one of said at least one notch of said at least one locking pin and a released configuration wherein said projection is disembedded from the corresponding at least one notch of said at least one locking pin.