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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
Cambridge International Inc., Cambridge, MD (US);
George Howard Messick, Jr., Cambridge, MA (US);
Michael Robert Franzoni, Cumberland, RI (US);
Thomas O. Perdue, Salisbury, MD (US);
CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL, INC., Cambridge, MD (US);
Abstract
A variable spaced flat wire conveyor belt system includes a plurality of spaced tractive rods; a plurality of rows of flat wire wickets defining a plurality of drive links and a plurality of support links, the drive links including at least a plurality of first drive links, a plurality of second drive links, and a plurality of third drive links; and at least one drive sprocket configured to engage the plurality of drive links; wherein the first drive links have a first height and a first transverse spacing defining a first drive opening, the second drive links have a second height and a second transverse spacing defining a second drive opening, and the third drive links have a third height and a third transverse spacing defining a third drive opening; wherein the second drive opening and the third drive opening are progressively greater, respectively, than the first drive opening.