Conveyor for dishwashing systems

• US 3,237,755 A
• Filed: 02/25/1965
• Issued: 03/01/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Clyde R. Weihe Jr
• Original Assignee: Clyde R. Weihe Jr
• Inventors: Weihe, Clyde R. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US04/435,292
• Time in Patent Office: 369 Days
• US Class Current: 198/779
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/248 relating to the conveyors
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 17/40 Chains acting as load-carriers
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 2201/02 Articles

Claims

1. A FLEXIBLE CHAIN FOR DISHWASHER CONVEYOR SYSTEMS COMPRISING A NUMBER OF LINKS CONNECTED TOGETHER, EACH LINK BEING FORMED OF IDENTICAL PARTS AS FOLLOWS:

A PAIR OF T-SHAPED SIDE PLATES DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP AND EACH HAVING SIDEWARDLY EXTENDING FOOT PORTIONS AND AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING STEM PORTION, A FIRST PIN SECURED BETWEEN SAID STEM PORTIONS, A FIRST ROLLER CARRIED ON SIDE PIN;

THE FOOT PORTIONS OF EACH LINK OVERLAPPING THE ADJACENT FOOT PORTIONS OF THE ADJOINING LINK, AND EACH LINK INCLUDING A SECOND PIN CONNECTING THE OVERLAPPING PORTIONS TOGETHER AND A SECOND ROLLER MOUNTED ON SAID SECOND PIN, EACH OF SAID PLATES HAVING A PROJECTING BOSS ON ITS STEM PORTION, THE BOSSES OF EVERY OTHER LINK BEING DISPOSED INWARD AND THE BOSSES OF THE INTERVENING LINKS BEING DISPOSED OUTWARD.