Patent ID: 6685006
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A belt conveyor comprising an endless and closed conveyor belt which is flexible essentially merely about axes which are parallel with a transverse direction of the belt, a tower, an inner arm supported by the tower, and an outer arm supported by the inner arm and positioned substantially in a vertical plane through the inner arm, two first deflection rollers for the conveyor belt, and a first terminal roller for the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt following a path from the tower, via the inner arm and the outer arm to a distal end of the outer arm and back via the outer arm and the inner arm to the tower, wherein the two first deflection rollers are supported side by side at an intersection of the inner arm and the outer arm and have a common axis of rotation which is perpendicular to the vertical plane, and wherein the first terminal roller is supported at a distal end of the outer arm and has an axis of rotation which is positioned in the vertical plane.