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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
May. 01, 2007
Applicant:
David C. Weiser, River Ridge, LA (US);
Inventor:
David C. Weiser, River Ridge, LA (US);
Assignee:
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 17/06 (2006.01); B65G 17/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A modular roller-top conveyor belt with a dense array of rollers freely rotatable toward the sides of the belt. The rollers are arranged in offset lines and columns in a checkerboard pattern on the top side of the belt. The rollers rotate on axes parallel to the direction of belt travel. The rollers extend in the direction of belt travel over the hinge axes formed between adjacent rows of belt modules.