Patent ID: 7334677

Claim:
A conveyor chain comprising a plurality of chain links ( 1 ) being connected to one another via pivoting bearings ( 4 ), each chain link ( 1 ) comprising: two link plates ( 2 and 3 ) extending essentially in the direction of a chain length and having a bearing end ( 2 . 1 and 3 . 1 ) and a bolt end ( 2 . 2 and 3 . 2 ), a bolt ( 5 ) connecting the two bolt ends ( 2 . 2 and 3 . 2 ) of the link plates ( 2 and 3 ) and a pivoting bearing arranged at the bearing ends ( 2 . 1 and 3 . 1 ) of the link plates ( 2 and 3 ), wherein the bolt ( 5 ) of each chain link ( 1 ) is mounted in the pivoting bearing of the adjacent chain link, wherein the pivoting bearing ( 4 ) comprises a ball-like bearing body ( 6 ) and a bearing housing, the bearing housing comprising two bearing housing parts ( 8 and 9 ) with a part flange ( 17 ) each, and wherein the part flanges ( 17 ) of the bearing housing parts ( 8 and 9 ), and the bearing ends ( 2 . 1 and 3 . 1 ) of the link plates ( 2 and 3 ) are fixed together with the help of a common fixation means, in a manner such that the bearing housing parts ( 8 and 9 ) firmly enclose the bearing body ( 6 ) and are fastened in the bearing ends ( 2 . 1 and 3 . 1 ) of the link plates ( 2 and 3 ), secured against rotation and axial displacement, and the bearing ends ( 2 . 1 and 3 . 1 ) of the link plates ( 2 and 3 ) are fixed relative to one another, by way of this fixation means only.