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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2019
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Scott E. Stang, Monroeville, OH (US);
Owen Eugene Morey, Huron, OH (US);
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a drive chain system () for a spiral conveyor belt () includes inner () and outer () drive chains driving the spiral conveyor belt, the inner and outer drive chains each including a plurality of links () defined by a plurality of first () and second () pitches connected by linking pins () extending through holes () in the pitches, wherein at least a portion of the linking pins of at least one of the inner and outer drive chains are hardened and/or dissimilar linking pins which are harder on an outer surface than other components in the inner and outer drive chains.