Patent ID: 7428964

Claim:
A slat conveyor comprising: at least two endless roller chains arranged in parallel and each trained around a driving sprocket and a driven sprocket; and a plurality of chain covers corresponding in number to a number of pitches of each of the roller chains; wherein each of said chain covers comprises side covers each formed with a shaft hole to receive one end of each coupling pin of a respective one of said roller chains, at least two flat top covers arranged in parallel and each having a length substantially equal to the chain pitch of the respective one of said roller chains, and a coupling plate coupling each adjacent pair of said top covers together, each of said top covers covering a top of the respective one of the roller chains, and each of said side covers hanging from one end of each of said top covers for covering sides of the respective one of the roller chains, the side covers at both ends of each of the chain covers each having a convexly arcuate front edge which is concentric to said shaft holes and a concavely arcuate rear edge which corresponds to said front edge; wherein said coupling plate and said at least two top covers of each of said chain covers cooperate to form a slat; and wherein said chain covers are arranged in the same direction and mounted on said roller chains, thereby forming an endless flat goods conveying surface by said slats.