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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
May. 18, 2011
Jean-guy Roy, St-Anselme, CA;
Steeve Lapointe, Lévis, CA;
Jean-Guy Roy, St-Anselme, CA;
Steeve Lapointe, Lévis, CA;
GE LeBlanc Inc., St-Anselme (Quebec), CA;
Abstract
Disclosed is a modular conveyor belt device with a system for easy removal of the belt modules. The belt comprises at least one driving chain and a plurality of belt modules extending transversally and parallely mounted over the entire length of the chains. The belt modules include underside openings, shaped to receive a locking pin extending outwardly from the driving chains and comprising a notch. The belt modules further include side openings intersecting with corresponding bottom openings in which fasteners are removably mounted. Each fastener comprises a projection positionable between a locked configuration and a released configuration. In the locked configuration the projection is embedded in the notch of the locking pin whereas the projection is disembedded from the notch of the locking pin when in the released configuration. The device using the disclosed locking system provides excellent locking capabilities while offering fast and easy removal of the belt modules.