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Merge/diverge conveying apparatus and method of providing a conveyor belt for a merge/diverge apparatus

US8490272B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 21, 2011
Grant dateJul 23, 2013
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Expiry dateNov 28, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49867
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A conveyor belt for use with a merge or diverge conveying apparatus and a method of providing a new conveyor belt to the conveying apparatus. Polymeric loops attached to each end of the conveyor belt attach the ends of the conveyor belt to each other. Visible wear and tear to the nose bar of the merge or diverge conveying apparatus is reduced when compared to prior art conveyor belts for merge or diverge conveyors.

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