US 11,858,745 B2
Chain conveyor and link for same
Joseph Daniel Hoover, Hermitage, PA (US); Grant William Johanningsmeier, Haubstadt, IN (US); Dirk Johannes van Dyk, Gibsonia, PA (US); Christopher George Stewart, Oil City, PA (US); and Benjamin Scott Patterson, Ellwood City, PA (US)
Assigned to Joy Global Underground Mining LLC, Warrendale, PA (US)
Filed by Joy Global Underground Mining LLC, Warrendale, PA (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/587,328.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/159,652, filed on Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/142,989, filed on Jan. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234835 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 19/24 (2006.01); B65G 19/20 (2006.01); B65G 17/06 (2006.01); B65G 17/26 (2006.01); B65G 19/08 (2006.01); F16G 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 19/08 (2013.01) [B65G 19/20 (2013.01); B65G 19/24 (2013.01); F16G 13/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
7. A link for a conveyor chain, the link comprising:
a body having an inner surface, the inner surface including at least one opening therein, the at least one opening configured to receive a coupling pin; and
a flight bar extending laterally from the body opposite the inner surface, the flight bar including a leading side and a trailing side, a lower surface of the flight bar including a first edge proximate the leading side and a second edge proximate the trailing side, the flight bar further including a recess disposed between the first edge and the second edge and extending at least partially along a length of the flight bar.