US 12,195,280 B2
Modular conveyor mat and module therefor
Leonardus Adrianus Catharinus Cornelissen, The Hague (NL); and Cornelis Hendrik Mijndert Menke, The Hague (NL)
Assigned to REXNORD FLATTOP EUROPE B.V., 'S-Gravenzande (NL)
Appl. No. 17/911,525
Filed by REXNORD FLATTOP EUROPE B.V., 'S-Gravenzande (NL)
PCT Filed Mar. 31, 2021, PCT No. PCT/NL2021/050210
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/201682, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2025273 (NL), filed on Apr. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0137570 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 17/40 (2006.01); B65G 17/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 17/40 (2013.01) [B65G 17/08 (2013.01); B65G 2207/12 (2013.01); B65G 2207/30 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A module for a modular conveyor mat, comprising a body part extending transversely to a conveying direction between two sides along a main axis, with a top for carrying products to be conveyed and a bottom for cooperation with a conveyor track, wherein the body part, at the front and rear as viewed in the conveying direction, is provided with coupling elements, wherein the coupling elements at both front and rear comprise a series of successive hinge parts and receiving spaces alternating transversely to the conveying direction, and wherein opposite coupling elements at the front and rear of the body part form a pair of a hinge part and a correspondingly formed receiving space, so that hinge parts and receiving spaces can interdigitate with receiving spaces and hinge parts of a similar module successive in conveying direction, and the successive modules are hingedly couplable with the aid of hinge pins extending transversely to the conveying direction, reaching through hinge bores provided in the hinge parts, wherein the body part is provided in the middle with a dividing plane which extends parallel to the sides and along which the module is divisible into two module halves, wherein the pairs of coupling elements located on the sides, viewed in the direction of the main axis, are implemented with a greater width than neighboring coupling elements of the body part, and wherein, further, pairs of coupling elements located on both sides of the dividing plane of the module are also implemented with the same width as the coupling elements with said greater width located on the sides.