Patent ID: 8752698

Claim:
A conveyor belt comprising: a first link having a first protrusion extending a first distance from a surface of the first link, wherein the first protrusion includes a first mating surface, wherein the first protrusion is disposed proximate a first rod receiving aperture extending through the first link; a second link having a second protrusion extending a second distance from a surface of the second link, wherein the second protrusion includes a second mating surface, wherein the second protrusion is disposed proximate a second rod receiving aperture extending through the second link, wherein the first mating surface of the first protrusion abuts the second mating surface of the second protrusion, the second link being restrained against movement in less than three orthogonal directions relative to the first link due to abutment of the first mating surface and the second mating surface, the first rod receiving aperture and the second rod receiving aperture being aligned when the first mating surface abuts the second mating surface; and a connecting rod extending through the first rod receiving aperture of the first link and the second rod receiving aperture of the second link.