Padded chain drive for roller conveyors.

摘要

A load supporting conveyor having live rollers (15) forming a load conveying path in which the rollers (15) are driven by a chain (30) having horizontally placed links (31, 32) and vertically positioned rollers (33) with vertical axles (34) that project upwardly toward the live rollers (15) to be engaged by a flexible pad (36) substantially aligned with the drive chain (30) and an aperture pattern formed in the pad (36) to establish a series of apertures (37) that have a tight fit with certain ones of the vertical axle projections (34) and a series of other apertures (38) that have a loose fit with a like series of vertical axle projections (34). <IMAGE> <IMAGE>