Patent ID: 8863940

Claim:
A drag conveyor system, comprising: a tube; a traction element extending through tube; a plurality of slugs connected to the traction element, each of the slugs including a slug flange; a disk removably attached to each of the slugs, each of the disks including first and second disk parts, each defining a partial outer circumference of a complete disk and including only a portion of an interior opening through the disk adapted to engage over the slug, the first and second disk parts are placed around the traction element from longitudinal sides of the traction element and the first and second disk parts are axially engagable with one another for interlocking connection in a radial direction so that each of the disks is located on the respective one of the slugs; and a snap clip engaged to each of the slugs, the snap clip including a flange located on an opposite side of the disk from the slug flange that, together with the slug flange, maintains the first and second disk parts axially together and engaged with the slug in a fixed position on the slug.