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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2012
Viktor Raaz, Bochum, DE;
Viktor Raaz, Bochum, DE;
Thyssenkrupp Resource Technologies GmbH, Essen, DE;
Abstract
A conveyor belt system includes a conveyor belt running in longitudinal direction and support roller assemblies spaced apart along the conveyor belt and each having four support rollers distributed about the outer periphery of the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt is shaped into a tube having overlapping edges by an annular positioning of the support rollers. The conveyor belt extends, viewed in cross-section, from an edge lying on the inside at the overlap in a circumferential direction to an edge lying on the outside. The edges overlap at a last support roller, viewed in circumferential direction, and a distance between the last support roller, viewed in circumferential direction, and a center of gravity of a clear profile bounded by the support rollers is greater than a corresponding distance of the adjacently lying first support roller in circumferential direction.