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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
May. 22, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sandra A. Christiana, Harahan, LA (US);
Andrew A. Corley, Harahan, LA (US);
Robert S. Lapeyre, New Orleans, LA (US);
Assignee:
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 2/500 ;
Abstract
A modular conveyor belt constructed of a series of rows of belt modules with a hinge formed in each row and aligned in the direction of belt travel with hinges of adjacent rows. The hinge allows the belt to conform to a non-coplanar carryway support to form, for example, a trough. In some versions, the hinge is a living hinge formed by flexible or thinned-out regions of the belt between rigid regions. In other versions, the hinge is formed by interleaved hinge eyes between modules along each row interconnected by a hinge pin along an axis oriented in the direction of belt travel.