Endless conveyor for heated objects - has supports hinged to pairs of endless members and maintained horizontal at reversing stations

摘要

The endless conveyor(2) comprises four endless flexible draw members(3-6) running side-by-side through reversing stations(I-XII) and flexible support members(7) which are flexible only in one sense of rotation and which connect the draw members together in pairs. Each support member is hingedly connected at its front edge(8) and rear edge(9) to respective pairs(3, 6, and 4, 5) of draw members. The horizontal spacing between pairs of the reversing stations of the two pairs of draw members corresponds to the length of one support member whereby the support members are maintained horizontal one above the other on passing through the reversing stations.