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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2012
Applicants:
Mario Balbi, Cuneo, IT;
Giorgio Bisol, Giaveno, IT;
Inventors:
Mario Balbi, Cuneo, IT;
Giorgio Bisol, Giaveno, IT;
Assignee:
Bottero S.p.A., Cuneo, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 15/58 (2006.01); B65G 49/06 (2006.01); B65G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 49/061 (2013.01); B65G 21/2036 (2013.01); B65G 49/064 (2013.01); B65G 2249/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A powered draw belt of a belt conveyor for conveying glass sheets has a main supporting surface, and is fitted with a suction retaining device for securing a glass sheet to the draw belt; the retaining device having at least one hollow body at least partly covering the main supporting surface; the hollow body defining a supporting surface for the glass sheet, and having at least one elastically deformable portion spaced apart from the main supporting surface to define, with the main supporting surface, a variable-volume chamber connectable to a suction source.