Patent ID: 8196737

Claim:
A method of replacing a continuous belt on a belt conveyor, said belt conveyor including a frame assembly, said method comprising: (a) providing at least one removable belt module having a removable belt module frame, said removable belt module frame having at one end a rotatably mounted drive pulley and having at an opposite end a rotatably mounted other pulley, said continuous belt reeved around said drive pulley and said other pulley, said drive pulley interconnected with a motor mounted to said frame assembly via a power transmission device, and said frame assembly defining at least one attachment surface; (b) removing said removable belt module from said attachment surface, wherein said continuous belt remains under tension upon removal of said removable belt module from said attachment surface, and wherein said removing said removable belt module comprises disconnecting said power transmission device; and (c) placing a replacement removable belt module at said at least one attachment surface.