Patent ID: 7967130

Claim:
Support station for a movable belt conveyor, the support station ( 9 ) comprising: a support cradle ( 17 ) for the belt ( 3 ), the cradle ( 17 ) comprising at least one roller ( 31 , 33 ) for guiding and supporting the belt ( 3 ); a frame ( 15 ) for supporting the or each roller ( 31 , 33 ); at least one anti-jamming protection means ( 35 , 37 ) fixed to the frame ( 15 ), the protection means ( 35 , 37 ) being disposed along at least one of the rollers ( 31 , 33 ) and having an elongate shape longitudinally substantially parallel to a generatrix of the roller ( 31 , 33 ), characterized in that the protection means ( 37 ) comprises at least first and second longitudinal profile sections ( 41 , 43 ) having respectively first and second cross-sections different from each other, and in that the protection means ( 37 ) comprises a longitudinal metal core ( 39 ), the profile sections ( 41 , 43 ) being clipped onto the metal core ( 39 ).