Patent ID: 8162134

Claim:
Conveyor belt comprising: a conveyor surface formed of metal; a plurality of support rollers arranged beneath the conveyor surface and support the conveyor surface; the conveyor surface comprising a plurality of segments arranged in a row transversely to the conveying direction, which butt together and which are located adjacent one another without any gaps therebetween; the segments of the transverse row being seated on at least one articulated shaft that joins the segments; wherein a clamping device, which presses the segments together, is provided on at least one end of the articulated shaft; each segment having an overlapping ridge for interleaving a corresponding segment of a row at least one of preceding or following in the conveying direction; the overlapping ridges of the segments of one row being aligned transversely to the conveying direction; and a transverse joining device provided between the segments transversely adjacent to the conveying direction.