The technology disclosed provides a joint for connecting carrier units together so as to dissipate and absorb axial forces experienced by the carrier units. The joint may be comprised of a joint housing and an elastomeric insert. The housing may be comprised of a body portion and a head portion and the head portion may include an annular flange in which the elastomeric insert is configured to be secured. The elastomeric joint is capable of absorbing and dissipating horizontal, rotational, and vertical forces experienced by the carrier units in non-linear travel along a track.

The technology disclosed provides a joint for connecting carrier units together so as to dissipate and absorb axial forces experienced by the carrier units. The joint may be comprised of a joint housing and an elastomeric insert. The housing may be comprised of a body portion and a head portion and the head portion may include an annular flange in which the elastomeric insert is configured to be secured. The elastomeric joint is capable of absorbing and dissipating horizontal, rotational, and vertical forces experienced by the carrier units in non-linear travel along a track.

The technology disclosed provides a joint for connecting carrier units together so as to dissipate and absorb axial forces experienced by the carrier units. The joint may be comprised of a joint housing and an elastomeric insert. The housing may be comprised of a body portion and a head portion and the head portion may include an annular flange in which the elastomeric insert is configured to be secured. The elastomeric joint is capable of absorbing and dissipating horizontal, rotational, and vertical forces experienced by the carrier units in non-linear travel along a track.

A conveyor belt includes a self-supporting linkage assembly and a plurality of transverse elements configured to travel along a longitudinal direction. The transverse elements are interconnected by the linkage assembly. The conveyor belt also includes a biasing member. The linkage assembly includes a first link and a second link. The first and second links are configured to move relative to each other between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The biasing member is configured to bias the first and second links toward the engaged position. The first and second links, when in the engaged position, are constrained against rotation relative to each other. The first and second links, when in the disengaged position, are configured to rotate relative to each other.

A conveyor for conveying products in a vertical direction comprises a frame and a drivable conveyor belt supported by the frame and following a helical track about a central centerline. The belt is provided with movable slats having upwardly directed support faces. Inner rollers and outer rollers are present at the lower side of the belt having inner axes and outer axes of rotation, respectively, which are angled with respect to the support faces. The outer rollers are located at a larger distance from the centerline than the inner rollers. The frame is provided with a first guide face for supporting the outer rollers in an outward direction which first guide face is radially directed in the outward direction and with an upwardly directed second guide faces for supporting the belt in the upward direction, which second guide face lies at a distance from the first guide face.

A modular metal-wire conveyor belt constructed of belt rows having an interior article-supporting wire-mesh section flanked by tension links at opposite side edges. Hinge rods through the article-supporting sections and the tension links in adjacent belt rows join adjacent modules at hinge joints into an endless belt loop. Some of the hinge rods have blocking structure at the inner sides of the tension links to maintain the belt's width constant. Other hinge rods are devoid of blocking structure and have rod caps on one end that can be removed to allow the rod to be pulled out of the hinge joint to open the belt for servicing. The article-supporting wire- mesh section can define a flat or a curved top.

There is provided a pallet reversing apparatus for a conveyor that conveys a pallet including a die having a front surface and a back surface. The pallet reversing apparatus for the conveyor includes: a rotating unit that rotates the pallet with respect to a conveyance direction via a shaft provided at a center of the pallet; and a hooked portion provided at one end of the shaft. The rotating unit is provided on one side of a rotation shaft of a head or a tail of the conveyor, and rotates in synchronization with the rotation shaft. The rotating unit includes a hook portion configured to rotate with respect the conveyance direction. The rotating unit rotates the hook portion by 180 degrees in a state of hooking the hook portion to the hooked portion, so that the pallet is reversed with respect to the conveyance direction.

A lateral plate element for a link of a self-stacking endless conveyor belt including an outer plate section, an inner plate section and a connection bend section connecting said outer and inner plate sections; a resting surface arranged to engage a lateral plate element of an underlying tier of the self-stacking endless conveyor belt when it extends helically; an inner abutment, arranged to engage an upper portion of the underlying lateral plate element, wherein the inner abutment surface limits outward lateral movement of the lateral plate element relative to the underlying lateral plate element; and an outer abutment surface arranged to engage the upper portion of the underlying lateral plate element, wherein the outer abutment surface limits inward lateral movement of the lateral plate element relative the underlying lateral plate element.

A spiral conveyor system including a conveyor belt formed of a plurality of links joined by a plurality of connecting rods forming a plurality of belt segments; and a drum formed generally as a cylinder having a central longitudinal axis coaxial, the drum defining a helical path for the conveyor belt and an outer boundary, wherein the drum is configured to rotate around the central longitudinal axis and to releasably interact with each of the plurality of belt segments at the outer boundary. The belt moves along the helical path in response to the sequential interaction between the drum outer boundary and the belt segments as the drum rotates; and the drum includes a plurality of tapered transition elements configured to facilitate engagement of the belt with the drum.