Conveyor belt including chocking module

• Main Authors: WENZEL JOHN E, DAILEY R SCOTT, PEDERSEN SOREN A, KOVACH MIRANDA R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.03.2015
• Subjects: CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, ORMANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRAILERS; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A conveyor belt comprising a plurality of modules hingedly connected together includes a first type of module including raised ribs arranged in columns and a second type of module including chock segments aligned with the columns. A transfer device includes fingers aligned with gaps between the choc...