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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Laitram, L.l.c., Harahan, LA (US);
Inventor:
Elena Rose Yasinski, New Orleans, LA (US);
Assignee:
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 17/08 (2006.01); B65G 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 17/08 (2013.01); B65G 17/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A modular conveyor belt constructed of a series of articulating rows of belt modules having flights formed atop laterally consecutive interleaved hinge elements of adjacent belt rows. The flights on leading and trailing rows are aligned when the belt is running flat, but open up for cleaning as their rows articulate about a sprocket.