SMALL RADIUS CONVEYOR BELT AND CONVEYING SYSTEM

摘要

TITLE OF THE INVENTION SMALL RADIUS CONVEYOR BELT AND CONVEYING SYSTEM INVENTOR GERALD C. ROINESTAD A small radius conveyor belt for traveling along both straight and laterally curved paths and a conveyor system including such belt is shown. A plurality of rods extend across the belt and are pivotally connected together by tractive central links and inner and outer edge links which are longitudinally expandable and collapsible. The inner links are fully expanded and the outer links are collapsed in the straight path. The inner links collapse and the outer links expand to allow the belt to bend around the curve.