Patent ID: 8083053
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A Conveyor belt for following a conveyance path with straight and curved conveyance path sections, which belt comprises: module rows of a module or a plurality of modules situated side by side in the transverse direction of the conveyor belt, wherein adjacent module rows engage with each other and are connected to each other with connecting pins extending in the transverse direction of the conveyor belt, wherein each module comprises a set of first aligned spaced fingers extending in a first direction from the module, and also a set of second aligned spaced fingers extending in a direction opposite to the first direction and in general disposed in a staggered position relative to the first fingers, wherein the first fingers and second fingers of adjacent module rows overlap in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt and are situated side by side when the module rows are connected to each other with the connecting pins, which pins extend through transverse apertures in the fingers, wherein the transverse apertures of one of the sets of spaced fingers are elongated slotted holes in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt, and wherein the mutual distance between at least the three outermost fingers of a set having the same width is greater than the mutual distance between innermost fingers situated side by side at a distance from the abovementioned at least three outermost fingers, wherein the mutual distance between each said at least three outermost fingers is larger than the width of each said at least three outermost fingers; and wherein, viewed in the transverse direction of the conveyor belt, all fingers have the same width.