Reduced drag side flexing conveyor system

B - Operations – Transporting – 65 – G

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B65G 21/20 (2006.01) B65G 17/08 (2006.01) B65G 21/22 (2006.01)

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CA 2320790

A modular conveyor system (10) has a side flexing conveyor belt (12) having first and second sides. The belt (12) includes side links (22) each having a depending arm (24), an inwardly transverse tab (28), and curved skirts (26a, 26b) bridging gaps between adjacent side links (22) to engage each other in edge-to-edge contact to prevent sagging, to assist the belt (12) in ramping up and down, and to retain the belt (12) along a return run. In a curved section, the system (10) includes a passive guide rail (14) and an active guide rail (16). The passive guide rail (14) is on the first belt side and engages the tabs (28) thereat, and the active guide rail (16) is on the second belt side and has drag-reducing roller assemblies (18) engaging the tabs (28) thereat. Each roller assembly (18) has an upper roller (38) and a lower roller (40) each having a pair of spaced disks defining a circumferential groove (42, 44) for engaging the tabs (28).

L'invention concerne un système de convoyeur modulaire (10). Ce système présente une bande transporteuse (12) à flexion latérale présentant des premier et deuxième côtés. Ladite bande (12) comprend des maillons latéraux (22) à partir de chacun desquels un bras (24) s'étend vers le bas, une patte transversale (28) orientée vers l'intérieur, et des jupes incurvées (26a, 26b) comblant les espaces entre les maillons latéraux adjacents (22) pour assurer la mise en prise, bout à bout, de ces derniers. Cette disposition permet d'éviter tout affaissement, de faciliter le passage des déclivités, et de maintenir la bande (12) sur un passage de retour. Dans une section incurvée, le système (10) comprend un rail de guidage passif (14) et un rail de guidage actif (16). Le rail de guidage passif (14) se situe du premier côté de la bande et comporte des ensembles de rouleaux (18) réduisant les forces de traînée et se mettant en prise avec les pattes (28). Chaque ensemble de rouleaux (18) comporte un rouleau supérieur (38) et un rouleau inférieur (40) comportant chacun une paire de disques espacés définissant une rainure circonférentielle (42, 44) avec laquelle les pattes (28) se mettent en prise.

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