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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1997
George Johannes van Zijderveld, CN's-Gravenzande, NL;
MCC Nederland B.V., , NL;
Abstract
A conveyor mat comprising first and second plastic modules built up of hinge plates, the width of the first modules substantially being twice the width of the second modules, the second modules being located only at both sides of the conveyor mat, with always a first module being arranged between two successive second modules at a side, the modules being coupled together by means of hinge pins, and each second module being provided at a side of the conveyor mat with a bearing surface formed integral with the module, which bearing surface extends in the same plane as the conveying plane of the mat, each bearing surface, seen in the conveying direction of the mat, having a length equal to twice the pitch of a module. The bearing surfaces form a dead plate moving along with the mat, for bridging the gap in the transition between two adjoining conveyor mats being at right angles to each other.