Patent ID: 9156620
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A conveyor belt for conveying articles comprising: an interconnected series of relatively pivotable body members; and a plurality of platform members, each platform member releasably attachable to a respective one of the body members, each platform member having an upper surface configured to contact and support conveyed articles, a first side, a second side, and a rail member extending substantially upward from the upper surface near the first side and defining a guide surface facing the second side, a first end of the rail member including a slot, a second end of the rail member including an undercut portion defining an extension, the slots and extensions of the platform members being complimentarily sized so that each extension of a platform member fits at least partially within the slot of an adjacent platform member on an adjacent body member, and so that each extension of a platform member of on a given body member is located so as to extend the guide surface of the platform member on the given body member substantially to the guide surface of the platform member of the adjacent body member even when the adjacent body members pivot apart at an end adjacent the rail members.