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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2006
Applicant:
James J. Harrison, Bernville, PA (US);
Inventor:
James J. Harrison, Bernville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Habasit AG, Reinach-Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 17/06 (2006.01); B65G 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A modular plastic conveyor belt achieves a very tight turning radius. The belt is configured to permit the belt module rows to collapse using an over/under slotted module geometry, allowing for modules of one row to slip over/under modules of an adjacent row at the inside of a curve. This allows greater collapse and thus much tighter turning radii. A belt of two inch pitch can achieve an approximately 0.33 turning ratio, the ratio between turn center distance and width of belt.