Patent ID: 9010526
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A conveyor belt system, comprising: a conveyor belt running in a longitudinal direction and having an outer periphery and a circumferential direction; support roller assemblies spaced apart along said conveyor belt, said support roller assemblies each including at least four support rollers distributed around said outer periphery of said conveyor belt with an annular positioning configured to shape said conveyor belt into a tube having inner and outer overlapping edges; said support rollers including a first support roller and a last support roller lying adjacent one another in said circumferential direction and said support rollers bounding a clear profile having a center of gravity at a respective distance from each of said support rollers; said conveyor belt having a cross section extending in said circumferential direction from said inner overlapping edge to said outer overlapping edge and said overlapping edges overlapping at said last support roller; said distance from said support rollers, following one another in said circumferential direction, to said center of gravity increasing continuously; and said distance from said last support roller to said center of gravity being greater than said distance from said first support roller to said center of gravity.