Patent ID: 7284657

Claim:
A conveyor belt having a length direction and a width direction, comprising: a plurality of links rotatably and slidably mounted on a plurality of spaced elongate rods extending transversely to the length direction to define a movable flexible belt having a support surface for supporting and conveying articles; said links including edge links at opposite side edges of the belt, said edge links having aligned openings therethrough for receiving a rod; said rods having radially enlarged ends defining a head on each end of the rod; and edge links rod capture means for engaging the head on the end of the rod to retain the edge link at the end of the rod, said rod capture means comprising a shaped cavity in each of said end links, and a shaped slot extending through a side edge of each of said end links and communicating with the cavity, said shaped slot defining an undercut shoulder under which the head on the rod is captured when the head is inserted through said slot and into said cavity, thereby preventing the link from moving longitudinally on the rod.