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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerald C Roinestad, Winchester, VA (US);
Assignee:
Ashworth Bros., Inc., Fall River, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198848 ; 198778 ; 198852 ; 198853 ;
Abstract
A small radius conveyor belt for traveling along both straight and laterally curved paths and a conveyor system including such belt is shown. A plurality of rods extend across the belt and are pivotally connected together by tractive central links and inner and outer edge links which are longitudinally expandable and collapsible. The inner links are fully expanded and the outer links are collapsed in the straight path. The inner links collapse and the outer links expand to allow the belt to bend around the curve.