US 12,344,477 B2
Conveyor belt module with portions for overlapping
Harry Van Der Eerden, AV Boxmeer (NL); Germ Buter, Vejle (DK); and Kenneth Westergaard Andersen, Vejle (DK)
Assigned to Marel Poultry B.V., Av Boxmeer (NL); and Ammeraal Beltech Modular A/S, Vejle (DK)
Appl. No. 18/247,387
Filed by Marel Poultry B.V., Av Boxmeer (NL); and Ammeraal Beltech Modular A/S, Vejle (DK)
PCT Filed Oct. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/077887
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/074209, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20201184 (EP), filed on Oct. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0002156 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 15/48 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 15/48 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conveyor belt module for a side flexing modular conveyor belt, said conveyor belt module comprising:
a first set of eye parts defining a first axis, and
a second set of eye parts defining a second axis,
wherein:
in a cross-sectional plane, being a primary cross-sectional plane, intersecting a primary outermost eye part and being orthogonal to the first axis and/or the second axis, wherein the primary outermost eye part is an eye part being placed outermost in a primary end of the conveyor belt module in a dimension defined by the first axis and/or the second axis, and/or
in a cross-sectional plane, being a secondary cross-sectional plane, intersecting a secondary outermost eye part and being orthogonal to the first axis and/or the second axis, wherein the secondary outermost eye part is an eye part being placed outermost in a secondary end of the conveyor belt module in a dimension defined by the first axis and/or the second axis, wherein the secondary end of the conveyor belt module is opposite the primary end of the conveyor belt module,
the conveyor belt module comprises portions of material having positions, which, on both sides of a center plane spanned by:
an axis being parallel with the first axis and/or the second axis, and
an axis in one or more of the cross-sectional planes and intersecting the first axis and the second axis,
with respect to the axis in the one or more of the cross-sectional planes, have portions on both sides of each of:
a first plane that is orthogonal to the center plane and comprising a first intersection between a line, such as a straight line, through the first eye parts and the cross-sectional plane, and
a second plane, different from the first plane, that is orthogonal to the center plane and comprising a second intersection between a line, such as a straight line, through the second eye parts and the cross-sectional plane;
wherein the conveyor belt module has rotational symmetry of second order around one or more of:
an axis being orthogonal to the first axis and/or the second axis and intersecting both of the first axis and the second axis, and
an axis being orthogonal to each of:
the axis being parallel with the first axis and/or the second axis, and
the axis being orthogonal to the first axis and/or the second axis and intersecting both of the first axis and the second axis.