Endless roller conveyor
First Claim
1. An endless conveyor comprising a sequence of link elements connected to one another in an articulated manner, each link element supporting a plurality of parallel pivot pins upon which are rotatably mounted idle rollers, an upper peripheral surface of said rollers together defining a transporting surface, each said link element defining a flat base portion located in a plane substantially parallel to said transporting surface, said base portion extending transversally to the direction of the conveyor movement having two lateral ends with snap coupling means and a shoulder snap coupled to each end and supporting pivot pin ends therein.
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Abstract
An endless conveyor comprises a sequence of link elements (10) connected to each other in an articulated manner, each of them supporting a plurality of idler rollers (14) disposed on parallel pivot pins (15) for defining a transporting surface at the upper part thereof. Each link element (10) is provided with faced side shoulders (18) having housings (19) designed to receive the pivot pin (15) ends. Shoulders (18) are engaged to the link element (10) by snap coupling means (24).
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- 1. An endless conveyor comprising a sequence of link elements connected to one another in an articulated manner, each link element supporting a plurality of parallel pivot pins upon which are rotatably mounted idle rollers, an upper peripheral surface of said rollers together defining a transporting surface, each said link element defining a flat base portion located in a plane substantially parallel to said transporting surface, said base portion extending transversally to the direction of the conveyor movement having two lateral ends with snap coupling means and a shoulder snap coupled to each end and supporting pivot pin ends therein.
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