| US 7,347,321 B1 | ||
| Flexible conveyor rail | ||
| Hideyuki Sakai, 1-44, Okunagairi, Ohnishi-cho, Okazaki-shi, Aichi 444-0811 (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 30, 2000, as Appl. No. 9/650,625. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 11-246316 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 1999. | ||
| Int. Cl. B65G 41/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 198—861.2 [198/678.1] | 34 Claims |
| 1. A flexible conveyor rail, comprising:
a plurality of rail pieces arranged in a longitudinal direction of said flexible conveyor rail;
a plurality of stopper pieces each being connected to a corresponding one of said rail pieces;
a link chain for connecting each set of said rail piece and said stopper piece to other set of said rail piece and said stopper
piece to be freely bent in a vertical direction; and
wherein a link plate of said link chain is attached to a corresponding one of said rail pieces.
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