Patent ID: 6640966
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A support structure for the return section of at least one conveyor, comprising:serpentine slat elements, support members for supporting said serpentine elements, and transverse members to which the support members are coupled, wherein each slat element (1) is supported independently of the other slat elements by its own independent support members (2, 3); the support members (2, 3) comprise, on their lower edge, means (5, 5A) for their snap-coupling to the transverse members (6); the snap-coupling means being formed in such a manner as to enable the support members to be coupled by pressing them onto the transverse members downwards from above; and wherein each slat element (1) terminates, at an entry end of the structure, with its own independent support member shaped as a lead-in shoe (3).