Claims
- 1. A modular belt link comprising:
a link base having at least one hinge barrel for connecting the link to adjacent links, said link base having a direction of travel; a side guard fixed to said link base, and defining a non-planar wall having a bottom and top joined by sides, said wall being twisted relative an axis of rotation extending through said top and bottom.
- 2. The modular belt link as in claim 1, in which said bottom defines a first angle of rotation relative to said base direction of travel and said top defines a second angle of rotation relative to said base direction of travel, wherein said first and second angles of rotation are unequal.
- 3. The modular belt link as in claim 2, in which said second angle of rotation is greater than said first angle of rotation.
- 4. The modular belt link as in claim 1, in which said base includes a body, and said hinge barrel and said side guard are fixed to said body.
- 5. The modular belt link as in claim 4, in which said body includes a planar top surface, and said axis of rotation is substantially perpendicular to said top surface.
- 6. The modular belt link as in claim 1, in which said bottom is thicker than said top.
- 7. The modular belt link as in claim 1, in which said base is formed as an integral part of said side guard.
- 8. A side guard for use on a conveyor belt, said side guard comprising:
a non-planar wall defined by a top edge and bottom edge joined by side edges, and including an axis of rotating extending between said top edge and said bottom edge, wherein said non-planar wall is twisted relative to said axis of rotation.
- 9. The side guard as in claim 8, in which a first vertical plane defined by said bottom edge passes through said axis of rotation, and a second vertical plane defined by said top edge passes through said axis of rotation, wherein said first and second planes are not coplanar.
- 10. The side guard as in claim 8, including a link based fixed to said bottom edge.
- 11. The side guard as in claim 10, in which said base is formed as an integral part of the side guard.
- 12. The side guard as in claim 8, in which said bottom edge is thicker than said top edge.
- 13. A belt link comprising:
a link base having at least one hinge barrel for connecting the link to adjacent links, said link base having a direction of travel; a side guard fixed to said link base, and including a non-planar wall defined by a top edge and bottom edge joined by side edges, said non-planar wall including an axis of rotating extending between said top edge and said bottom edge, wherein said non-planar wall is twisted relative to said axis of rotation.
- 14. The belt link as in claim 13, in which a first vertical plane defined by said bottom edge passes through said axis of rotation, and a second vertical plane defined by said top edge passes through said axis of rotation, wherein said first and second planes are not coplanar.
- 15. The belt link as in claim 13, in which said base is formed as an integral part of the side guard.
- 16. The belt link as in claim 13, in which said bottom edge is thicker than said top edge.
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the priority benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/302,206 filed on Jun. 29, 2001.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60302206 |
Jun 2001 |
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