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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2018
Prince Castle Llc, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Matthew Adomaitis, Aurora, IL (US);
Frank Anthony Agnello, Huntley, IL (US);
Richard Bauer, Palatine, IL (US);
Eloy Cerda, Westchester, IL (US);
Mark Edward Fastabend, Chicago, IL (US);
Sean Patrick Forrest, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Charles B. Hartfelder, Hanover Park, IL (US);
Karl Ronald Heinze, Chicago, IL (US);
Scott R. Hammac, Joliet, IL (US);
Kyle Thomas Kestner, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Christine S. Laub, Roselle, IL (US);
Eugene Stanley Maslana, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Calvin States Nelson, Round Lake Beach, IL (US);
Laurence A. Schoell, Shorewood, IL (US);
Zoran Ulicevic, Wheaton, IL (US);
Aleksandr Yazvin, Glenview, IL (US);
Loren J. Veltrop, Chicago, IL (US);
Brian J. Truesdale, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Dennis Malkowski, Yorkville, IL (US);
PRINCE CASTLE LLC, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Abstract
A conveyor belt includes a plurality of spaced rods and a plurality of slats, the slats including a base portion for carrying an item. The base portion has a perpendicular leading edge relative to a direction of conveyance travel of the conveyor belt and a perpendicular trailing edge relative to the direction of conveyance travel of the conveyor belt. At least one slat is pivotably coupled to another slat and one of the leading edge and the trailing edge of the at least one slat is coupled to one of the plurality of rods.