Claims
- 1. Locking arrangement for releasably locking a transverse rod to a chain link in a conveyor belt, where the conveyor belt is built from a number of more or less identical chain links, wherein each link possesses openings such that each chain link may be joined to a neighboring link in a hinge like manner by inserting said transverse rod, and wherein each chain link superposed with an opening is provided with at least one slit oriented substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the transverse rod; each transverse rod is provided with a head portion, and at least one notch proximate the head, adapted for engagement with the slit when the transverse rod is inserted in the openings, and the outermost surface of the head portion is substantially flush with the edge of the link.
- 2. Locking arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the at least one slit is provided in an outer portion of each chain link.
- 3. Locking arrangement according to claim 1, wherein a groove is provided in the head portion of the transverse rod for aiding in twisting the notch into the slit.
- 4. Locking arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the edge of the opening adjacent the slit may be beveled.
- 5. Locking arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the notch may be in the shape of a prism, cylinder, cube, truncated cone or any other three-dimensional shape suitable for engagement with the slit.
- 6. Locking arrangement according to claim 1, wherein a slit is provided in both sides of each chain link.
- 7. Locking arrangement according to claim 1, wherein each chain link of the conveyor belt is made by injection moulding and/or extrusion, such that each link has a core section, and that on both sides of the core and mutually offset eye parts having openings are provided, such that the links in a staggered configuration facilitate the insertion of the transverse rod through said openings.
- 8. Locking arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the head portion of the rod extends with a rectangular section perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the rod.
Priority Claims (1)
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2002 00353 |
Mar 2002 |
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Parent Case Info
This application claims the benefit of Danis Application No. PA 2002 00353 filed Mar. 8, 2002.
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