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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Laitram, L.l.c., Harahan, LA (US);
Inventor:
Wayne A. Pertuit, Jr., Westwego, LA (US);
Assignee:
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 15/36 (2006.01); B65G 17/08 (2006.01); B65G 15/30 (2006.01); B65G 21/22 (2006.01); B65G 15/62 (2006.01); B65G 15/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 15/30 (2013.01); B65G 17/08 (2013.01); B65G 21/22 (2013.01); B65G 15/62 (2013.01); B65G 15/64 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cleanable belt conveyor and a method for making a cleanable belt conveyor having an underside sculpted with concave indentations to match the shape and positions of the elongated support rails forming a carryway. The support rails may be circular in cross section, and the indentations may be complementary portions of circular cylinders to receive the rails along an extended contact area.