| 摘要 |
<p>A wire conveyor belt (10) includes a plurality of spaced, tractive rods (18) disposed in succession and transversely with respect to a direction of travel (T) of the belt, each rod having two ends. A plurality of rows of wickets (16) are transversely disposed with respect to the direction of travel, and interconnect the succession of rods, each row of wickets including a plurality of links (30), each link connecting a rod with a following rod in the succession. At least one sprocket (20) engages the rod at a sprocket-engagement location on the belt inward of the outside edge (12). Tension in the belt is transferred so as to alleviate wicket fatigue failure. The tension is transferred by either: a) a split (36) between adjacent links in each row of wickets, the split in each row being located between links of each row immediately adjacent the sprocket-engagement location on the belt; b) a tension-transferring combination of sprockets made up of a pair of sprockets including the sprocket described above, engaging the rods at immediately adjacent sprocket-engagement locations; c) at least one tension-transferring generally U-shaped tension link (38) adjacent each row of wickets and connecting one rod in the succession with a following rod in the succession.</p> |
