A conveyor for transporting and elevating articles and a method and system for conveying articles up inclines is provided. The conveyor has a conveyor belt and at least one cleat disposed on an outer surface of the belt and configured to receive and move an object along the conveyor frame. The system may also include a portable base having a base frame and at least one wheel secured to the base frame. The conveyor may also be pivotably coupled to the portable base.

A conveyor for transporting and elevating articles and a method and system for conveying articles up inclines is provided. The conveyor has a conveyor belt and at least one cleat disposed on an outer surface of the belt and configured to receive and move an object along the conveyor frame. The system may also include a portable base having a base frame and at least one wheel secured to the base frame. The conveyor may also be pivotably coupled to the portable base.

A hygienic interface structure is provided for installation in a modular conveyor belt of the type assembled from a plurality of substantially identical modular belt links, where the modular belt link has a main body extending in the modular belt link's width direction, and where a plurality of eye parts extend forwards and rearwards from the main body, the eye parts being spaced in the width direction of the modular belt link, such that when two modular conveyor bell links are pushed together, the eye parts on one link will inter-fit between eye parts on the other modular belt link.

A hygienic interface structure is provided for installation in a modular conveyor belt of the type assembled from a plurality of substantially identical modular belt links, where the modular belt link has a main body extending in the modular belt link's width direction, and where a plurality of eye parts extend forwards and rearwards from the main body, the eye parts being spaced in the width direction of the modular belt link, such that when two modular conveyor bell links are pushed together, the eye parts on one link will inter-fit between eye parts on the other modular belt link.

A vertical coin roll conveyor includes a number of coin roll carriers attached to a conveyor belt that moves the carriers along an endless path that includes a vertical ascending or descending portion. Each coin roll carrier is configured to convey a coin roll and includes a support leg that supports the coin roll on the coin roll carrier and a barrier that impedes the coin roll from rolling or sliding off the coin roll conveyor during conveyance of the coin roll along the vertical portion of the conveyor path.

A vertical coin roll conveyor includes a number of coin roll carriers attached to a conveyor belt that moves the carriers along an endless path that includes a vertical ascending or descending portion. Each coin roll carrier is configured to convey a coin roll and includes a support leg that supports the coin roll on the coin roll carrier and a barrier that impedes the coin roll from rolling or sliding off the coin roll conveyor during conveyance of the coin roll along the vertical portion of the conveyor path.

Conveying equipment for holding and transporting a container, including a support base for a container and holding devices movable along respective gripping directions (D1, D2) between a retracted position and an advanced position. Each holding device includes a plurality of restraining bodies placed one above the other, wherein each restraining body of a respective holding device is separated from an underlying restraining body by a separating volume. Each restraining body includes a contact element adapted to be resiliently deformed and configured to conform at least partially to a portion of the outer surface of a container. Restraining bodies of a first holding device are at least partially received, at least in the respective advanced position, in respective separating volumes of a second holding device.

Conveying equipment for holding and transporting a container, including a support base for a container and holding devices movable along respective gripping directions (D1, D2) between a retracted position and an advanced position. Each holding device includes a plurality of restraining bodies placed one above the other, wherein each restraining body of a respective holding device is separated from an underlying restraining body by a separating volume. Each restraining body includes a contact element adapted to be resiliently deformed and configured to conform at least partially to a portion of the outer surface of a container. Restraining bodies of a first holding device are at least partially received, at least in the respective advanced position, in respective separating volumes of a second holding device.

A gripping member for container retaining and transport equipment including a plurality of gripping bodies having respective contact surfaces configured to contact a container and a connection body connected to the plurality of gripping bodies and connecting the gripping bodies to each other and is deformable between a storage configuration and a gripping configuration, in the storage configuration the connection body is in a undeformed condition and arranges the gripping bodies parallel to respective first directions and with the respective contact surfaces not facing each other; in the gripping configuration the connection body is in a reversibly deformed condition and elongated in directions contained in a single reference plane and wherein the gripping bodies are parallel to respective second directions not contained in the single reference plane, with respective contact surfaces facing each other.

A gripping member for container retaining and transport equipment including a plurality of gripping bodies having respective contact surfaces configured to contact a container and a connection body connected to the plurality of gripping bodies and connecting the gripping bodies to each other and is deformable between a storage configuration and a gripping configuration, in the storage configuration the connection body is in a undeformed condition and arranges the gripping bodies parallel to respective first directions and with the respective contact surfaces not facing each other; in the gripping configuration the connection body is in a reversibly deformed condition and elongated in directions contained in a single reference plane and wherein the gripping bodies are parallel to respective second directions not contained in the single reference plane, with respective contact surfaces facing each other.