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A conveyor belt is formed from a plurality of conveyor links having crest and valley link bodies and apertures. The links are interwoven together and operatively coupled together by hinge pins extending in a transverse direction to the longitudinal direction of travel. Each link as on at least one e

A conveyor belt is formed from a plurality of conveyor links having crest and valley link bodies and apertures. The links are interwoven together and operatively coupled together by hinge pins extending in a transverse direction to the longitudinal direction of travel. Each link as on at least one end, an integral drive arm in the same plane as the link body and adapted to engage a drive element. The drive arm has an angled surface and a straight surface. The angled surface biases the drive element inward and into abutment with the straight surface of a neighboring link to provide a stable operating engagement between the drive element and conveyor link.

대표청구항 ▼

[ I claim:] [1.] Conveyor belt comprising a plurality of link elements which are coupled pair-wise to each other by means of a hinge extending in transverse direction, which hinge comprises at least one hinge pin present on the one link element and extending transversely of the longtudinal direction

[ I claim:] [1.] Conveyor belt comprising a plurality of link elements which are coupled pair-wise to each other by means of a hinge extending in transverse direction, which hinge comprises at least one hinge pin present on the one link element and extending transversely of the longtudinal direction of the conveyor belt and a plurality of eyes present on the other link element which engage round said hinge pin(s) and are correspondingly registered such that the conveyor belt is bendable in transverse direction relative to the principal plane of the conveyor belt, wherein the eyes in the principal plane of the conveyor belt have an enlarged dimension such that the conveyor belt is also bendable in its principal plane and wherein at least a number of link elements at equal mutual pitch distances have on at least one free side end zone an integral drive arm in the principal plane of the conveyor belt adapted to co-act with a drive element, said drive arm configured to bias the drive element into a stable position by directing the drive element inwardly and into abutment with a corresponding drive arm on a neighboring link element of said conveyor belt.