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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Wcco Belting, Inc., Wahpeton, ND (US);
Inventor:
Michael Schroeder, Wahpeton, ND (US);
Assignee:
WCCO Belting, Inc., Wahpeton, ND (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 15/44 (2006.01); B65G 15/08 (2006.01); B65G 15/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 15/44 (2013.01); B65G 15/08 (2013.01); B65G 15/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tube conveyor belt system for use in conjunction with a support. At least a portion of the support has a concave shape. The tube conveyor belt system has a belt and at least one cleat. The belt has a surface. The at least one cleat extends from the surface of the belt. The at least one cleat includes a plurality of paddle regions and a plurality of web regions. The plurality of paddle regions is in a spaced-apart configuration. The web regions have a flexibility that is greater than a flexibility of the paddle regions. One of the web regions is positioned between adjacent paddle regions.