Patent ID: 6227355
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A conveyor apparatus comprising:a conveyor frame includinga plurality of elongated, laterally spaced apart slide bars, each formed of a plurality of axially aligned segments; anda number of separate, rigid supports beneath and supporting said slide bar segments, said supports being spaced apart along the length of the slide bars with said segments of said slide bars between the supports bridging adjacent supports,each of said supports having a slide bar segment-receiving opening therein for receiving at least a portion of a corresponding slide bar segment, said openings being sufficiently larger than the received slide bar segment so as to permit passage of cleaning fluid between the adjacent slide bar segment and support surfaces,each of said slide bar segments being attached to only a single one of said supports whereby the slide bars may undergo thermal expansion and contraction in an axial direction; andan elongated conveyor belt located above said slide bars and movable along the length of said conveyor frame.