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Granted Patent B2
US 10,494,182 · App. 16/219,488 · Granted Dec 3, 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 10,494,182
App. No.
16/219,488
Granted
Dec 3, 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 (9)

1. A conveyor belt, the conveyor belt comprising:

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 coupling mechanism extending from a bottom surface of the base of the first slat in the center of the first slat,

wherein the coupling mechanism is a knuckle, the knuckle being part of the base, and the knuckle being adapted to receive a cable and a portion of the cable is exposed at a top surface of the slat.

2. The conveyor belt of claim 1 , wherein the knuckle is a U-shaped loop.

3. The conveyor belt of claim 1 , further comprising a cable running adjacent to the bottom surface of the first slat.

4. The conveyor belt of claim 3 , wherein the cable traverses the knuckle.

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

6. The conveyor belt of claim 5 , wherein the first slat comprises an aluminum alloy.

Assignments (3)
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 29, 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 050871/0774 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2019
From: HARTFELDER, CHARLES B.; MALKOWSKI, DENNIS
To: PRINCE CASTLE LLC
Reel/Frame 050871/0893 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15635541 · Jun 28, 2017
Provisional Application 62356514 · Jun 29, 2016
Related Publication 20190119043A1 · Apr 25, 2019