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Granted Patent B2
US 10,486,908 · App. 16/219,161 · Granted Nov 26, 2019

Conveyor belt slat with side carrier connection

Inventors: Matthew Adomaitis (Aurora, IL); Frank Anthony Agnello (Huntley, IL); Richard Bauer (Palatine, IL); Eloy Cerda (Westchester, IL); Mark Edward Fastabend (Chicago, IL); Sean Patrick Forrest (Park Ridge, IL); Charles B. Hartfelder (Hanover Park, IL); Karl Ronald Heinze (Chicago, IL); Scott R. Hammac (Joliet, IL); Kyle Thomas Kestner (Schaumburg, IL); Christine Suen Laub (Roselle, IL); Eugene Stanley Maslana (Morton Grove, IL); Calvin States Nelson (Round Lake Beach, IL); Laurence A. Schoell (Shorewood, IL); Zoran Ulicevic (Wheaton, IL); Aleksandr Yazvin (Glenview, IL); Loren J. Veltrop (Chicago, IL); Brian J. Truesdale (Carol Stream, IL); Dennis Malkowski (Yorkville, IL)
Assignee: PRINCE CASTLE LLC
B65G17/067A47J37/045B65G17/063B65G2201/0202
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,486,908
App. No.
16/219,161
Granted
Nov 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A conveyor belt includes a conveyor belt slat having a coupling mechanism extending from a bottom of a base of the conveyor belt slat.

Claims (8)

1. A conveyor belt, the conveyor belt comprising:

a cable;

a plurality of slats, a first slat having a base for carrying an item, the base having a first opposing end and a second opposing end, the first opposing end and the second opposing end being substantially parallel to the direction of conveyance travel of the conveyor belt; and

a guide mechanism extending from a bottom surface of the base of the first slat, the guide mechanism being slidably connected to the cable,

wherein the guide mechanism comprises two tabs projecting from the bottom surface.

2. The conveyor belt of claim 1 , wherein the cable is connected to the guide mechanism at a central location on the bottom of the base of the first slat.

3. The conveyor belt of claim 1 , wherein the first slat comprises a metal.

4. The conveyor belt of claim 3 , wherein the first slat comprises an aluminum alloy.

Assignments (4)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 26, 2021
From: PRINCE CASTLE LLC; CORNELIUS, INC.
To: MARMON FOODSERVICE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 055107/0614 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2019
From: ADOMAITIS, MATTHEW; AGNELLO, FRANK ANTHONY; BAUER, RICHARD; CERDA, ELOY; FASTABEND, MARK EDWARD; FORREST, SEAN PATRICK; HEINZE, KARL R.; HAMMAC, SCOTT R.; KESTNER, KYLE THOMAS; LAUB, CHRISTINE SUEN; MASLANA, EUGENE STANLEY; NELSON, CALVIN STATES; SCHOELL, LAURENCE A.; ULICEVIC, ZORAN; YAZVIN, ALEKSANDR; VELTROP, LOREN J.; TRUESDALE, BRIAN J.
To: PRINCE CASTLE LLC
Reel/Frame 050821/0221 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2019
From: HARTFELDER, CHARLES B.; MALKOWSKI, DENNIS
To: PRINCE CASTLE LLC
Reel/Frame 050821/0626 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2019
From: MALKOWSKI, DENNIS; BAUER, RICHARD
To: PRINCE CASTLE LLC
Reel/Frame 048424/0798 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15635541 · Jun 28, 2017
Provisional Application 62356514 · Jun 29, 2016
Related Publication 20190119042A1 · Apr 25, 2019
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