SUSPENDED BELT CONVEYOR Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC B65G15/08 B65G15/62 B65G21/20 

FIELD: transport, conveyors.

SUBSTANCE: proposed conveyor comprises pillars (1), belt with load-carrying (2) and idle (3) runs enveloping drums, strops (4) jointed to the belt edges and rollers (11, 12) arranged on pillars. The said strops features trapezoidal ledges (5) with their slopes directed inward the belt forming the angle 94 to 96 degrees. The said strop flat part facing the belt edge is arranged aligned with the edge and jointed with it with help of flat strips (6, 7). The rollers have flat cylindrical rims to interact with the strop ledge slopes. The conveyor load-carrying run features its rollers oriented vertically. Note that anti-friction material stripes (15, 16) are fitted on the conveyor pillars on the belt profile outer side. On the load-carrying run, these stripes are arranged opposite the rollers, while on idle run, these are made continuous over the entire conveyor length. The strops have fabric liners that, crosswise the strops, repeat the strop outer side profile.

EFFECT: simpler design.

2 cl, 3 dwg