摘要 |
A flexible endless conveyor belt with fold-over capacity contains support cables longitudinally oriented and internally disposed to the belt. The support cables are distributed throughout the medial portion and the flaps of the belt. In one embodiment of the invention, the hinged areas intermediate the flaps and the medial portion further contain fold cables of a significantly smaller cross-section than those contained in the medial portion and the flaps. In a second embodiment of the invention the hinged areas do not contain fold cables. The first and second embodiments can additionally include transverse cables oriented transversely to the support cables, thus providing third and fourth embodiments of the present invention. The four embodiments can additionally contain grooves in the hinged areas or can contain no grooves, thus providing four additional embodiments.
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