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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Laitram, L.l.c., Harahan, LA (US);
Inventors:
Abraham L. Miller, Lacombe, LA (US);
Gilbert J. MacLachlan, Harahan, LA (US);
Assignee:
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 17/06 (2006.01); B65G 23/06 (2006.01); B65G 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 23/06 (2013.01); B65G 17/086 (2013.01);
Abstract
A conveyor belt module has a conveying surface and a drive surface having a skewed drive edge for engaging a sprocket tooth. The skewed drive edge is skewed relative to the conveying surface. The skewed drive edge is formed on an interior drive surface in a sprocket pocket and—or an exterior drive surface on a drive element. The skewed drive edge is parallel to a corresponding downwardly-angled drive shaft accommodating sprockets of increasing size for driving a radius conveyor belt formed of a plurality of conveyor belt modules with skewed drive edges.