Patent ID: 7766159

Claim:
An assembly for hingedly coupling parts of a conveyor, comprising a first conveyor part provided with a first row of hinge eyes spaced apart from one another with mutual interspaces with an end hinge eye located along a longitudinal edge of the conveyor part, with an end hinge hole which is somewhat out of alignment with respect to an adjacent hinge hole from the first row, further comprising a second conveyor part provided with a second row of hinge eyes which are also spaced apart from one another with mutual interspaces, such that the conveyor parts can cooperate in a coupled condition by receiving hinge eyes in corresponding interspaces, and a hinge pin provided with a central body part which extends, in coupled condition of the assembly, through hinge holes of the first row and of the second row, further provided with a thickened head which is able to pass the end hinge hole of the end hinge eye, but not the hinge hole of the next hinge eye in coupled condition, which thickened head is, in coupled condition, axially locked between the end hinge eye and the next hinge eye, while the thickened head bears a projection which reaches into the hinge hole of end hinge eye in coupled condition.