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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2012
Rüdiger Kliefoth, Ronnenberg, DE;
Rüdiger Kliefoth, Ronnenberg, DE;
Mettler-Toledo Garvens GmbH, Giesen, DE;
Abstract
A belt conveyor () includes a conveyor bed () on which belt rollers () are arranged, respectively, at both the leading end and the trailing end relative to the transport direction T, and it also includes a conveyor belt () which is arranged to be movable over the conveyor bed () and around the belt rollers (). The conveyor belt () is arranged and pulled tight over the conveyor bed () and the belt rollers () in such a way that a sealing effect is achieved between the outside borders () of the conveyor belt () and the conveyor bed (), wherein the outside borders () of the conveyor belt () are set back from the edges () of the conveyor bed () by a distance (d) equal to at least the maximum sweep of a lateral variation in the movement of the conveyor belt.