VARIABLE SPACED CONVEYOR BELT WITH SHORTENED EDGE LINK CUT-OFF
First Claim
1. A flat wire conveyor belt comprising:
- a plurality of spaced tractive rods;
a plurality of rows of flat wire pickets transversely disposed with respect to a direction of travel and interconnecting said plurality of spaced tractive rods, each said picket defining a nominal picket height;
each of said rows of pickets defining a plurality of first links and a plurality of second links, each of said links having a transverse spacing and at least one rod slot for receiving one of the plurality of spaced tractive rods therethrough;
wherein said plurality of first links have a first transverse spacing and said plurality of second links have a second transverse spacing, said first spacing being less than said second spacing, andwherein said conveyor belt includes opposing first and second outer edges and said plurality of first links are disposed on at least one of the first and second outer edges of the flat wire conveyor belt, said first links on said at least one of the first and second outer edges having a terminal end with a reduced length less than the nominal picket height.
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Abstract
A flat wire conveyor belt includes a plurality of spaced tractive rods, a plurality of rows of flat wire pickets transversely disposed and interconnecting the plurality of spaced tractive rods, each picket defining a nominal picket height; each of the rows of pickets defines a plurality of first links and a plurality of second links, and each of the links having a transverse spacing. The conveyor belt includes opposing first and second outer edges and the plurality of first links are disposed on at least one of the first and second outer edges of the flat wire conveyor belt. The first links on at least one of the first and second outer edges having a terminal end with a reduced length less than the nominal picket height.
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11 Claims
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1. A flat wire conveyor belt comprising:
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a plurality of spaced tractive rods; a plurality of rows of flat wire pickets transversely disposed with respect to a direction of travel and interconnecting said plurality of spaced tractive rods, each said picket defining a nominal picket height; each of said rows of pickets defining a plurality of first links and a plurality of second links, each of said links having a transverse spacing and at least one rod slot for receiving one of the plurality of spaced tractive rods therethrough; wherein said plurality of first links have a first transverse spacing and said plurality of second links have a second transverse spacing, said first spacing being less than said second spacing, and wherein said conveyor belt includes opposing first and second outer edges and said plurality of first links are disposed on at least one of the first and second outer edges of the flat wire conveyor belt, said first links on said at least one of the first and second outer edges having a terminal end with a reduced length less than the nominal picket height. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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