Patent ID: 7237669

Claim:
A method of assembling a conveyor of the type comprising an assemblage of a plurality of modular belt elements as an endless belt, wherein each element attaches to a plurality of the elements along a locus mating each one of at least two attachment points of a first belt element to a corresponding one of the at least two attachment points of a second belt element, wherein each of the at least two attachment points has a contiguous indexing recess that is a penetrating boltway or depression, the method comprising: mating each of the at least two attachment points of a first belt element in contact with a corresponding one of the respective at least two attachment points of a second belt element; slideably applying a clamping means for clamping together the mated attachment points of respective elements, thereby attaching the assemblage of elements along the locus; and latching the clamping means at the indexing recesses of respective mated attachment points.