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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1986
Jacobus J Wallaart, 's-Gravenzande, NL;
M.C.C. Nederland B.V., 's-Gravenzande, NL;
Abstract
A bend segment for a chain conveyor comprising a chain movable over a track including one or more bends, said chain being composed of links of a magnetizable material having a substantially rectangular load bearing surface, the successive links in the chain being pivoted together. The bend segment includes a device for producing a magnetic field to retain the load bearing surfaces of the links flat on the track, which consists of a pair of rails of a magnetizable material wherebetween are provided, at predetermined distances, members for interconnecting the rails and/or for keeping these spaced apart. A synthetic plastics strip is provided in at least the inner bend of the bend segment against the inside of the rail. The device for producing a magnetic field include magnets placed between the rails, with the magnetic lines of force of the magnetic field produced by the magnets extending through the rails to attract the chain links against the rails.