Patent ID: 7802675

Claim:
An end protector link for capturing and retaining first and second elongate link pins of a multi-link conveyor chain, comprising: (a) an outer wall defining a protective bearing surface; (b) an inner wall carried in spaced-apart relation to the outer wall and having a retainer notch for capturing and retaining respective enlarged heads of the first and second link pins between facing surfaces of the outer wall and the inner wall; (c) the protective bearing surface of the outer wall adapted for being engaged by wearing surfaces past which the conveyor moves and thereby protecting the enlarged heads of the link pins from exposure to said wearing surfaces; and (d) a spacer wall comprising first and second spacer wall segments carried by opposed side edges of the outer wall; (e) wherein the inner wall comprises first and second inner wall segments carried by the respective first and second spacer wall segments, the first and second inner wall segments being mutually opposed in a single plane and defining therebetween the retainer notch for receiving the link pins therethrough.