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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2012
Kenneth Westergaard, Kolding, DK;
Kenneth Westergaard, Kolding, DK;
Ammeraal Beltech Modular A/S, Vejle, DK;
Abstract
Width adjustment device (), for being used in connection with adjusting the width of conveyor belts of the type made up from a large number of substantially identical belt modules (), where each module along leading and trailing edges in the intended travelling direction is provided with eye parts separated by openings (), such that an eye part on one module may be fitted in an opening () on an adjacent module, and where the eye parts are provided with an aperture laterally, such that when a conveyor belt is assembled from a plurality of belt modules (), a connection pin () may be inserted laterally through the openings in overlapping eye parts, thereby hingely connecting adjacent belt modules, where the width adjustment device () is detachably arranged on each belt module () along one or both sides of the conveyor belt, and where a device on one module () at least partly overlaps with the device arranged on the upstream and/or downstream module ().