Patent ID: 7575114

Claim:
A conveyor belt construction, comprising: a flexible conveyor belt defining inner and outer oppositely facing surfaces; an inner clamp member defining a convex belt engaging area with which the inner surface of the flexible conveyor belt is engaged; and an outer clamp member defining a concave belt engaging area with which the outer surface of the flexible conveyor belt is engaged; wherein the inner and outer clamp members and the belt are secured together and the belt is sandwiched between the concave and convex areas of the outer and inner clamp members, respectively, wherein the inner and outer clamp members are movable along with the belt at all times, and wherein the convex belt engaging area of the inner clamp member and the concave belt engaging area of the outer clamp member cooperate to form an arcuate area in the belt between the inner clamp member and the outer clamp member; and a fastener arrangement that couples the inner clamp member and the outer clamp member to one another and to the belt at all times, wherein the fastener arrangement is movable along with the belt and the inner and outer clamp members, and is operable to secure the inner and outer clamp members together in a fixed position along the length of the belt.