초록

An improved table top chain link providing a plurality of upstanding ribs on the top surface thereof in order to allow for cooperative engagement with a transfer comb and the in-line transfer of articles to and from the transfer comb to the conveyor belt.

대표청구항 ▼

In a link having a greater width than length and used for constructing an endless single-link wide conveyor belt of the type with an upper and lower run and adapted to traverse one or more curves in the pathway along the upper run thereof, which link defines a female portion in the medial portion of

In a link having a greater width than length and used for constructing an endless single-link wide conveyor belt of the type with an upper and lower run and adapted to traverse one or more curves in the pathway along the upper run thereof, which link defines a female portion in the medial portion of the leading edge thereof and a male portion in the medial portion of the trailing edge thereof so that said male portion of a first link may be received in the female portion of a second trailing link and secured together by a pin extending generally parallel to and between the longitudinal axis of each of said links, said pin allowing both relative vertical pivotal movement and relative horizontal pivotal movement between the first and second links; the improvement wherein said link comprises a plurality of spaced-apart upstanding rib elements on the top surface thereof, said rib elements extending a distance no greater than the distance from the front to the back of said link and defining a plurality of spaces therebetween to accommodate the spaced-apart parallel teeth of a conveyor transfer comb.