Patent ID: 6571936
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A chain and flight conveyor adapted to be driven by a toothed sprocket, comprising:a pair of spaced apart, parallel driving chains, each of said driving chains comprising: roller links having at least one end surface which may be drivingly engaged by the teeth of said sprocket and having internal apertures defining drive surfaces which may be drivingly engaged by the teeth of said sprocket; connecting links coupled to and interconnecting said roller links; and pins pivotally connecting the connecting links to the roller links, a predetermined corresponding number of said pins on each of said chains comprising extended flight attachment pins having pin extensions facing the opposite chain, a plurality of conveying flights connected between said corresponding number of said pin extensions, said flights comprising a bar member having two opposite ends, four sides and a bottom surface, said bar member bottom surface having at least one indentation provided on each of the bar member ends, each of said indentations being adapted to receive its respective pin extensions, and a bolt extending through the flight sides forming said indentation, said bolt being secured to said flight so that said pin extensions are held in said indentations.