Patent ID: 6913139

Claim:
Conveyor for light goods, for example food products packed in consumer packages, comprising an endless conveyor chain ( 11 ), a supporting first guide arrangement ( 10 ) for controlling the conveyor chain in an operational direction with goods intended to be placed on the conveyor chain, a second guide arrangement ( 17 ) for controlling the conveyor chain in the return direction, and a deflector wheel arrangement ( 20 ) at both ends of the first and second guide arrangements, characterized in that: the supporting guide arrangement comprises a pair of parallel elongate plate-shaped elements serving as beam sides ( 10 , 10 b ), the beam sides between them form a space which at least partially narrows in the direction towards the second guide arrangement ( 17 ), at least one first element ( 12 a ), with an external shape corresponding to said narrowing space, bears directly or indirectly against the inside surfaces of the beam sides ( 10 a , 10 b ), at least one second element ( 12 b ) at least partially adapted in shape surrounds said first element ( 12 a ) and accommodates, between itself and the first element, the pair of beam sides ( 10 a , 10 b ), and a securing element ( 13 ) is arranged substantially at right angles to the plane of the conveyor chain of the first guide arrangement in order to tighten the first and second elements ( 12 a , 12 b ) together and clamp the beam sides ( 10 a , 10 b ) lying between them.