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Patent No.:

US 6691856 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004

Filed:

May. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:

Bouwe Prakken, NL-3471 EG Kamerik, NL;

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/726 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/726 ;
Abstract

A conveyor track of the smart-track type, comprises two conveyors, each consisting of at least one endless, flexible conveyor member, such as a chain, each conveyor having a separate drive and elements for switching the drives on and off and controlling the conveying speed of the conveyor members, and at least one section provided with drivers being attached to each of the conveyors by elements attachment members. The elements ( ) for removably mounting a section ( ) provided with drivers ( ) on an attachment member ( ) of a conveyor ( ) are designed in such a manner that the distance from these elements ( ) to two flexible conveyor members ( ) situated next to and at a short distance from one another is substantially identical.


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