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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2006
Applicants:
Stephan David Hartman, 's Gravenzande, NL;
Gijsbertus Johannes Verduijn, Terheijden, NL;
Inventors:
Stephan David Hartman, 's Gravenzande, NL;
Gijsbertus Johannes Verduijn, Terheijden, NL;
Assignee:
Rexnord Flat Top Europe B.V., GV's Gravenzande, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of assembling a hinge conveyor chain includes providing adjacent conveyor links formed from a ferritic-pearlitic stainless steel, wherein the adjacent links have interdigitating link ends with openings for receiving a pin, and inserting a pin having a radially outwardly facing surface formed from a steel alloy with more than 0.6 wt. % of carbon and more than 12 wt. % of Cr through the openings of the interdigitating link ends to pivotally link the adjacent links.