US4676368A
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Conveyor chain having links of sheet material
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1986-05-27
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Granted: 1987-06-30
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Expires: 2006-05-27
Abstract
Abstract In a conventional bottle conveyor chain, in which sheet metal chain links are joined by a hinge between the links formed by a transverse pin mounted through two outer hinge parts constituted by rolled up plate strips projecting from one link, and a broad middle hinge part made as a rolled up strip projecting from the other link, the hinge pin is narrower than the middle hinge part, whereby the links are mutually transversely pivotal, for horizontal curve driving of the chain. For increasing the pivotability without weakening the chain, the front edge of the middle hinge part is maintained at full width, but the outer end of the rolled up strip is formed with a considerably reduced width.
Inventors
- 👤 Poul E. Damkjar
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 22:49
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65G; B65G17/00; B65G17/06; B65G17/08; B65G2201/00; B65G2201/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
191 words
A conveyor chain, the conveyor chain comprising a plurality of individual uniform sheet metal chain links adapted to be disposed consecutive to one another, transverse hinge pin means for linking consecutive chain links together through hinge parts provided on the chain links, the hinge parts including cylindrically rolled strip members protruding from respective front and rear edges of individual chain links in such a manner that the chain links of each pair of hinged chain links are mutually pivotable about a normally horizontal hinge pin and about a vertical axis through a mid-point of the hinge joint, the cylindrically rolled strip member on the front edge of the individual chain links, as viewed in a normal conveying direction, forms a middle hinge part in a central area of said front edge, and each middle hinge part is provided with a chain pulling transferring base portion along the front edge of the individual chain links of a larger width than a width of a portion formed by an outer end of the rolled strip member, with the width of the base portion tapering toward the outer end of the rolled strip member.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
191 words
A conveyor chain, the conveyor chain comprising a plurality of individual uniform sheet metal chain links adapted to be disposed consecutive to one another, transverse hinge pin means for linking consecutive chain links together through hinge parts provided on the chain links, the hinge parts including cylindrically rolled strip members protruding from respective front and rear edges of individual chain links in such a manner that the chain links of each pair of hinged chain links are mutually pivotable about a normally horizontal hinge pin and about a vertical axis through a mid-point of the hinge joint, the cylindrically rolled strip member on the front edge of the individual chain links, as viewed in a normal conveying direction, forms a middle hinge part in a central area of said front edge, and each middle hinge part is provided with a chain pulling transferring base portion along the front edge of the individual chain links of a larger width than a width of a portion formed by an outer end of the rolled strip member, with the width of the base portion tapering toward the outer end of the rolled strip member.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
A conveyor chain according to claim 1, characterized in that the width of the outer end of the middle hinge part is about one-fourth of the width of the base portion of the hinge part.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
A conveyor chain according to claim 2, characterized in that laterally projecting plate protions of the chain links are shaped such that the conveyor chain is horizontally bendable through curves having a radius of curvature of between 20 and 30 cm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
A conveyor chain according to claim 1, characterized in that laterally projecting plate portions of the chain links are shaped such that the conveyor chain is horizontally bendable through curves having a radius of curvature of between 20 and 30 cm.
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