摘要 |
A flat wire conveyor belt and system (100) includes a plurality of spaced tractive rods (180) and a plurality of rows of pickets (160) transversely disposed with respect to a direction of travel and interconnecting the plurality of spaced tractive rods, each of the rows of pickets including a plurality of first links (110) and a plurality of second links (120), the plurality of first links have a first spacing and the plurality of second links have a second spacing, the first spacing being less than the second spacing. The system further includes a sprocket (200), wherein the plurality of spaced tractive rods terminate with clinched ends (382, 384) within the plurality of first links disposed on the outer edges of the flat wire conveyor belt, and the first links are dimensioned for receiving the clinched ends and the sprocket teeth therewithin. |