Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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1 CONVEYOR BELT WITH ENTRAINING INTERLINKED TELESCOPING TRIPLE CLEAT
ASSEMBLIES:
THE INVENTION CONCERNS A CONVEYOR BELT FOR CONVEYING MATERIALS AT VARIABLE
CHOSEN INCLINES HAVING A 3-SIDED SEMI HEXAGONAL TROUGHED CAVITY AND FLAT BELT
CONFIGURATION INCORPORATING INTERLINKED TELESCOPING TRIPLE CLEAT ASSEMBLIES
GOMPRISING ONE CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT OF A RIGID MATERIAL, ONE LEFT AND ONE
RIGHT HAND LATERAL SEAL CLEAT OF ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL WITH EACH RESPECTNE
ATTACHMENT BASE SECURED AND LOCATED PERPENDICULAR TO THE OUTER BELT LOOP
PLANE.
ALIGNED TRANSVERSELY SYMMETRICALLY TO THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF BELT AT
SUBSTANTIALLY LONGITUDINAL INCREMENTAL SPACINGS, WITH THE SEMI HEXAGONAL
FOLDED UP
BELT TROUGH SIDES DELIMITING INDIVIDUAL BOXES. THE ABSOLUTE NOVELTY RELATES TO
THE
SAID LEFT AND RIGHT HAND LATERAL SEhL CLEATS) POSITIONED INSERTED INTO THE
CENTRAL
RETENTION CLEAT PROFILE ABYSS INSOMUCH AS TO MAINTAIN A TELESCOPING PROXIMITY,
FORMING THEREBY A CONSTANT SAID INTERLINKED TELESCOPING TRIPLE CLEAT ASSEMBLY,
WITH THE BELT BEING THE LINKING MEMBER.
TO DAYS EMPLOYED CLEATED STEEP CONVEYORS ALL PORTRAY A COMMEN CONSIDERABLE
INFERIOR VOLUME CAPACITY COMPARABLE TO CONVENTIONAL CONVEYORS. IN SOME CASES
THE
EMPLOYMENT OF CORROGATED VERTICAL SIDE WALLS APPLIED ON FLAT BELTS REPRESENTS
A COMPARATIVELY COMPLEX AND ECONOMICALLY D15FAVOURED SOLUTION, SETTING OMITS
TO
THE PERMISSIBLE DEPTH TO STRENGTH AND SPEED RATIOS. MEANING THE CLEAT DEPTH
AND
WIDTH, CORROGATED WALL DEPTH, BELT TRACKING AND THE RETURN STRAND CONDITIONS.
AT A DELIMITING ELEVATING INCLINE OF 45' THE INVENTIVE SOLUTION ADDRESSES THE
CAPACITY PROBLEM WITH A VOLUME LEVEL APPROACHING THE 807: MARK OF A COMPARABLE
CONVENTIONAL CONVEYOR OF EQUAL CONFIGURATION. THE AFORMENT10NED CAPACITY IS
MAINLY OBTAINED BY FOUR CONSTRUCTION ASPECTS NAMELY, IT ENABLES THE EMPLOYMENT
OF A DEEP TROUGHED BELT CONFIGURATION OF CONVENTIONAL FUNCTIONAL MAKE UP, THE
TWO LATERAL INTERLINKED TELESCOPING SEAL CLEATS ACTING AS SEAL AND SUPPORTING
MEMBERS OVER THE ENTIRE CONVEYING BELT LOOP CYCLE, THE RUNNING SPEED CAN BE OF
THE SAME MAGNITUDE OF ALLOWABLE PRACTICE ON CONVENTIONAL CONVEYORS AND LAST
ITS PERMISSIBLE LARGE SIZE APPLICATION, FREE OF COMPLEXITIES BECAUSE OF ITS
BASIC
CONVENTIONAL FORMAT. THE CENTRAL RETENTON CLEAT VERTICAL WEB SUPPORTS ACTING
AS CANTILEVER BRACE. RESTING ON THE OUTER BELT PLANE ENABLES THE TRIPLE CLEAT
ASSEMBLIES TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT GRF~T DEBTH WITH COMPOSITE MATERIALS CONGENIAL
TO THE WEAR AND STRENGTH CRITERIA ANTICIPATED. THE CONVEYING CAPACITY OPTIMUM
WILL BE REACHED BY THE HIGH ALLOWABLE CONVEYING SPEED OF 1500 FEET PER MINUTE.
AT THESE SPEEDS THE LATTER CLEAT ASSEMBLY CONFIGURATION WITH ITS TWO LATERAL
FREE PLAYING" BUT INTERLINKED TELESCOPING SEAL CLEATS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE
CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT AND THEIR ELASTOMERIC MATERIALS ALLOWS THE BELT TO
TRACK
FREELY WITHOUT CONSTRAINTS) MAINTAINING ITS DIRECTIONAL STABILITY EQUIVALENT
TO A
CONVENTIONAL BELT CONVEYOR. THE CHOSEN COMMERCIALLY AVAILABE BELT WIDTH,
RANGING
SAY UP TO FIFTEEN FEET WIDTH, ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO THE HIGH OPTIMUM CAPACITY.
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1 THE LATERAL SEAL CLEATS TELESCOPING INTO THE CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT ABYSS,
THUS
SELF PROTECTING IN A "TURTLE" FASHION FROM POSSIBLE LOADING IMPACT ABUSE.
OVER THE DISCHARGE CONVEYOR PORTION WHERE THE BELT UNFOLDS FROM A TROUGHED
TO FLAT BELT CONFIGURATION WHILE ROTATING OVER THE DISCHARGE PULLEY, THE
LATERAL
SEAL CLEATS WHICH FOLLOW THE UNFOLDING ANGLE OF THE TROUGHED BELT SIDES, THUS
CONSTANTLY BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE LATTER SIDES AND STATIC CENTRAL CLEAT,
DUE TO THEIR GIVEN WALL GEOMETRY, ASSURES, WITH THE TRIPLE CLEAT ASSEMBLY
DEPTH
AND ADAPTABLE INCREMENTAL SPACINGS A MULTIPLE MATERIAL CONVEYING CAPABILITY OF
VARIABLE SIZE FROM SAY FLUIDIC-GRANULAR (CONCRETE) TO SOLID (LOGS)
MORPHOLOGIES.
THE OBJECT OF THE INVENTION IS A CONVEYOR WITH CONVEYING CAPACITIES AND SPEEDS
UNHEARD 8EFORE ON STEEP ELEVATING APPLICATIONS. TO FURTHER ENLIGHTEN THE
INVENTION
REFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO THE DRAWINGS SHOWING EMBODIMENTS BY WAY OF EXAMPLE:
FIGURE 1 IS A THREE DIMENSIONAL EXCISION VIEW SHOWING THE LOWER ARC PORTION,
THE ASCENDING TRANSITION PORTION FROM FLAT BELT TO SEMI HEXAGONAL TROUGH BELT
CROSS SECTION CONFIGURATION, THE INTERLINKED TRIPLE CLEAT ASSEMBLIES WITH
THEIR
TELESCOPING TRANSITIONAL POSITIONS.
FIGURE 2 ACCORDING TO FIGURE1 IS AN AFT FACE SECTION VIEW LOOKING DOWN THE
ASCENDING PORTION SHOWING THE SEMI HEXAGONAL TRANSVERSELY TROUGHED BELT CROSS
SECTION WITH A PARTIAL EXCISION VIEW SHOWING THE LATERAL SEAL CLEATS TO
CENTRAL
RETENTION CLEAT INTERLINKED TELESCOPING RELATIONSHIP FOLDED UP.
FIGURE 3 ACCORDING TO FIGURE1 IS A FORE FACE SECTION VIEW LOOKING UP THE
ASCENDING PORTION SHOWING THE SEMI HEXAGONAL TRANSVERSELY TROUGHED BELT CROSS
SECTION CONFIGURATION WITH THE INTEGRAL REINFORCING WEB STRUCTURE ANO THE
INTERLINKED TELESCOPING TRIPLE CLEAT ASSEMBLY RELATIONSHIP FOLDED UP.
FIGURE 4 ACCORDING TO FIGURE1 IS A LONGITUDINAL CENTER SECTION VIEW SHOWING
THE
INTERLINKED TELESCOPING TRIPLE CLEAT ASSEMBLY IN ITS FLAT BELT POSITION FOLDED
DOWN.
FIGURE 5 ACCORDING TO FIGURE1 IS AN AFT FACE SECTION VIEW LOOKING DOWN THE
LOWER BELT ARC PORTION SHOWING THE TRANSVERSELY FLAT BELT CROSS SECTION
CONFIGURATION WITH THE LATERAL SEAL CLEATS TO CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT
INTERLINKED
TELESCOPING RELATIONSHIP FOLDED DOWN.
FIGURE 6 IS A LONGITUDINAL CENTER SECTION SIDE VIEW SHOWING THE ENTIRE
INCLINED
CONVEYOR BELT LOOP ASSEMBLY.
A CONVEYOR BELT1 SEE FIGURES1,6 OF VARIABLE CHOSEN INCLINES CONSTITUTES A FLAT
PLATE OF ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL, OF EVEN THICKNESS, OF A GIVEN WIDTH AND LENGTH,
WITH THE LONGITUDINAL PLATE END EXTREMITIES INTERCONNECTED FORMING A BELT
LOOP1.
FURTHER FORMULATED BY A OUTER12 AND INNER BELT LOOP PLANE13 OF SYMMETRICALLY
PARALLEL ARRANGED BELT LOOP PLANE1 LATERAL EDGES. BY SPANNING THE INNER BELT
LOOP PLANE13 OVER TWO PULLEY OUTER FACES LOCATED PARALLEL AT A GIVEN INCLINED
AXIAL PULLEY CENTER DISTANCE LINE14, WE NOW HAVE A INCLINED CONVEYOR BELT
LOOP1.
FURTHER FORMULATED SEE FIGURES 1 ,6 BY A ASCENDING PORTION DELIMITED ALONG
LINE14
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1 BY THE LOWER TO UPPER ARC TANGENT POINT15aT016a LINES15T016, BY A UPPER ARC
PORTION DELIMITED ALONG THE ARC SEGMENT LENGTH FROM UPPERI6a TO UPPER TANGENT
POINTI6b LINE16, BY A DESCENDING PORTION DELIMITED ALONG LINE14 BY UPPER TO
LOWER TANGENT POINT16bT015b LINES16T015) BY A LOWER ARC PORTION DELIMITED
ALONG
THE ARC SEGMENT LENGTH FROM LOWERISb TO LOWER TANGENT POINTI5a LINE15.
BY CAM LIFTING THE INNER BELT LOOP PLANE13 LATERAL EDGES OVER A SERIES OF
SYMMETRICALLY BANKED ROLLERS KNOWN IN THE INDUSTRY AS TRANSITION IDLERS,
STARTING
AT THE LOWER AXIAL ARC TANGENT POINTI5a LINE15 ENDING AT A GIVEN HEIGHT LINE17
PERPENDICULAR TO THE DESCENDING PORTION INNER BELT LOOP PLANE13, CAUSING A
SIMULTANEOUS GRADUAL FOLDING UP OF THE LATERAL TROUGH SIDES19 RESPECTIVELY20,
FORMING A SEMI HEXAGONAL TRANSVERSELY TROUGHED BELT1 CROSS SECTION SEE
FIGURES1,3 MAINTAINED FOR A GIVEN LENGTH OVER A SERIES OF SYMMETRICALLY BANKED
ROLLERS KNOWN IN THE INDUSTRY AS CARRYING TROUGH IDLERS, ALONG THE ASCENDING
PORTION TO THE CAM LOWERING STARTING POINT LINE18.
CONTINUING, 8Y EMPLOYING AN IDENTICAL RECIPROCATING GEOMETRY AT OPPOSITE ENDS,
BUT LOWERING AND FOLDING DOWN UPWARDS ALONG THE ASCENDING PORTION ENDING
AT THE UPPER AXIAL ARC TANGENT POINTI6a LINE16, FORMING A TRANSVERSELY FLAT
BELT1
CROSS SECTION SEE FIGURES; MAINTAINED OVER THE UPPER ARC PORTION ALONG THE
DESCENDING PORTION ENDING OVER THE LOWER ARC PORTION AT THE LOWER AXIAL ARC
TANGENT POINT15a LINE15.
THE CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT2 SEE FIGURES1 ,3,4 CONSTITUTES A FLAT PLANE OF
INVERTED
U-SHAPE PARALLEL PROFILE SECTION, OF RIGID MATERIAL. OF INVERTED STUBBED OFF
TRAPEZOID SHAPE, ITS RESPECTIVE WIDTH PROTRUDING VERTICALLY PERPENDICULAR FROM
THE
OUTER BELT LOOP PLANE12, AND SYMMETRICALLY, PERPENDICULAR FROM THE LATTER
LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE. THE LOWER CONTOUR EDGE IS OF SYMMETRICAL AND
HORIZONTAL
GIVEN LENGTH CUTTING SHORT AT THE FOLDING FULCRUM CURVATURE11. CULMINATING
THROUGH SYMMETRICAL ARCED CORNERS INTO SYMMETRICAL LATERAL INCLINED CONTOUR
EDGES PRONOUNCED SLIGHTLY STEEPER PROPORTIONATELY TO THE LATERAL TROUGH
SIDES19
RESPECTIVELY20. CULMINATING THROUGH SYMMETRICAL CORNERS INTO SYMMETRICAL
l~4TERAL
VERTICAL STUBBED OFF CONTOUR EDGES OF A GIVEN HEIGHT SUBTENDING 35-50% UPWARDS
BEYOND THE SEMI HEXAGONAL TRANSVERSELY TROUGHED 8ELT1 CROSS SECTION DEPTH, THE
LATTER HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS TROUGHED BELT1 CROSS SECTION) ENDING WITH
A FINAL CULMINATION THROUGH SYMMETRICAL CORNERS INTO HORIZONTAL UPPER CONTOUR
EDGE WHICH IS OF A SYMMETRICAL GIVEN HORIZONTAL LENGTH NOT TO EXCEED THE
TROUGHED BELT CROSS SECTION1 WIDTH, FORMING THE CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT
WALL21.
THE ENTIRE ABOVE SYMMETRY RELATED TO THE TROUGHED BELT1 CROSS SECTION VERTICAL
CENTER LINE. THE ATTACHMENT BASE EXTENTION7 SEE FIGURES1,3,4 CONSTITUTES A
FLAT PLATE OF ELIISTOMERIC MATERIAL. OF EVEN THICKNESS, OF RECTANGULAR SHAPE,
ITS RESPECTIVE WIDTH SIDE PROTRUDING PERPENDICULAR AND HORIZONTALLY FROM THE
CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT WALL21 FORE FACE, LOOKING DOWN ONTO THE RECTANGULAR
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1 UPPER PLATE PLANE, THE RECTANGULAR LOWER PV~TE PLANE CONTOUR EDGE LENGTH
IS INTEGRAL CONNECTED PARALLEL AND FLUSH ALONG THE LOWER CONTOUR EDGE
CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT WALL21 AND IS OF THE SAME RESPECTIVE LENGTH. THE WIDTH
SIDE OF THE RECTANGULAR UPPER PLATE PLANE IS OF EVEN DISTANCE PARALLEL TO THE
CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT WALL21 FORE FACE AT 16-18% PROPORTION TO ITS LATTER
WALL21 DEPTH, FORMING A ATTACHMENT BASE EXTENTION7. THE VERTICAL WEB SUPPORTS8
RESPECTIVELY9 SEE FIGURES1 ,3,4 CONSTITUTES TWO VERTICAL FLAT PLATES OF RIGID
MATERIAL OF EVEN THICKNESS. OF STUBBED AND CHAMFERRED OFF TRIANGULAR SHAPE.
THEIR ADJACENT AND HYPOTENUS CONTOUR EDGES PROTRUDING LONGITUDINALLY AND
PERPENDICULAR FROM THE CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT WALL21 FORE FACE AT SYMMETRICAL
SPACING DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATE 33% PROPORTION TO THE CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT
WALL21 UPPER CONTOUR EDGE LENGTH. THE OPPOSITE VERTICAL CONTOUR EDGES,
INTEGRAL
CONNECTED TO THE CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT WALL21 FORE FACE SEE FIGURES1,4 AND
EXTENDING VERTICALLY DOWNWARDS OF A GIVEN LENGTH FROM THE CENTRAL RETENTION
CLEAT WALL21 UPPER CONTOUR EDGE. CULMINATING THROUGH A CORNER INTO THE 45'
CHAMFERRED CONTOUR EDGES DOWNWARDS OF A GIVEN LENGTH, CULMINATING THROUGH A
CORNER INTO THE ADJACENT HORIZONTAL CONTOUR EDGES OF A GIVEN LENGTH,
CULMINATING
THROUGH A CORNER INTO THE 75 HYPOTENUS CONTOUR EDGES OF A GIVEN LENGTH,
CULMINATING THROUGH A CORNER INTO THE STUBBED OFF HORIZONTAL CONTOUR EDGES
OF A GIVEN LENGTH, ENDING INTERCEPTING THE CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT WALL21
UPPER
CONTOUR EDGE. THE DEPTH FROM THE UPPER STUBBED OFF HORIZONTAL EDGES TO THE
ADJACENT HORIZONTAL CONTOUR EDGES TO BE OF THE SAME AS THE CENTRAL RETENTION
CLEAT WALL21. THE PROTRUDING LOWER ADJACENT CONTOUR TO HYPOTENUS CORNER !S OF
A GIVEN LONGITUDINAL LENGTH AT APPROXIMATE 43% PROPORTION TO THE CENTRAL
RETENTION CLEAT WALL21 DEPTH, FORMING TWO VERTICAL WEB SUPPORTSB
RESPECTIVELY9.
THE TRANSVERSELY HORIZONTAL TIE WEB10 SEE FIGURES1 ,3,4 CONSTITUTES ONE FLAT
PLATE OF RIGID MATERIAL, OF EVEN THICKNESS) OF RECTANGULAR SHAPE, ITS
RESPECTIVE
WIDTH SIDE PROTRUDING PERPENDICULAR AND SYMMETRICALLY FROM THE CENTRAL
RETENTION
CLEAT WALL21 FORE FACE. LOOKING DOWN ONTO THE UPPER RECTANGULAR PLATE PLANE,
ITS RESPECTIVE WIDTH SIDE IS OF EVEN DISTANCE PARALLEL TO THE CENTRAL
RETENTION
CLEAT WALL21 FORE FACE AT APPROXIMATE 20% PROPORTION TO THE LATTER WALL21
DEPTH.
THE RECTANGULAR PLATE PLANE SPANS ITS LENGTH HORIZONTALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL
RETENTION CLEAT WALL21 FORE FACE, DELIMITED BY THE OPPOSED EDGE END
EXTREMITIES
INTERCEPTING THE TWO LATERAL INCLINED CONTOUR EDGES OF THE CENTRAL RETENTION
CLEAT WALL21; LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER UP INTO THE UPPER HALF CENTRAL
RETENTION WALL21 FORE FACE, INTEGRAL CONNECTED TO THE LATTER WALL21 FORE FACE
AND VERTICAL WEB SUPPORTSB, RESPECTIVELY9, FORMING A TRANSVERSELY HORIZONTAL
TIE WEB10. THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO VERTICAL WEB SUPPORTSB RESPECTIVELY9
AND THE TRANSVERSELY HORIZONTAL TIE WEB10 FORMING A INTEGRAL REINFORCING WEB
STRUCTURE22 ON THE CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT WALL21 FORE FACE.
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1 THE RIGHT HAND LATERAL SEAL CLEATS SE~ FIGURES1,5 CONSTITUTES A VERTICAL
FLAT
PLATE OF ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL, OF EVEN THICKNESS, SHAPED OF ONE LATERAL HALF
STUBBED OFF TRIANGLE AND ONE OPPOSITE HALF STUBBED OFF ACUTE TRIANGLE. ITS
LATERAL HALF HYPOTENUS CONTOUR EDGE PROTRUDING VERTICALLY AND PERPENDICULAR
FROM THE LATERAL HALF OUTER BELT LOOP PLANE12 AND LOCATED AT A GIVEN DISTANCE
LATERALLY AND PERPENDICULAR FROM THE LATTER LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE. THE
ADJACENT CONTOUR EDGE IS OF HORIZONTAL GIVEN LENGTH EXTENDING INWARD TOWARDS
THE OUTER BELT LOOP PLANE12 LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE. CUTTING SHORT AT THE
FOLDING FULCRUM CURVATURE11 SEE FIGURES1.2: CULMINATING THROUGH A ARCED CORNER
INTO, FROM THE HORIZONTAL, 60' ACUTE ANGLED CONTOUR EDGE OF A GIVEN LENGTH,
CULMINATING THROUGH A CORNER UPWARD INTO 105' OBLIQUE ANGLED CONTOUR EDGE
OF A GIVEN LENGTH, CULMINATING THROUGH A CORNER INTO THE UPPER STUBBED OFF
HORIZONTAL CONTOUR EDGE OF A GIVEN LENGTH, CULMINATING THROUGH A CORNER INTO
A 45' ANGLED HYPOTENUS CONTOUR EDGE OF A GIVEN LENGTH, CULMINATING THROUGH
A CORNER INTO A VERTICAL STUBBED OFF CONTOUR EDGE OF A GIVEN LENGTH, ENDING
INTERCEPTING THE SAID ADJACENT CONTOUR EDGE LATERAL EXTREMITY END. THE LATTER
INTERCEPTING POINT LOCATED SLIGHTLY INWARDS FROM THE OUTER BELT LOOP PLANE12
LATERAL EDGE TOWARDS THE OUTER BELT LOOP PLANE12 LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE. THE
OVERALL GIVEN LENGTH SPANNING HORIZONTALLY FROM THE 105' OBLIQUE ANGLED
CORNER TO THE VERTICAL LOWER STUBBED OFF CONTOUR EDGE IS OF APPROXIMATE
50% PROPORTION AND ITS RESPECTIVE OVERALL HEIGHT EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER
STUBBED OFF HORIZONTAL CONTOUR EDGE DOWNWARDS TO THE ADJACENT CONTOUR
EDGE IS OF APPROXIMATE 33% PROPORTION TO THE CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT WALL21
LENGTH, FORMING A LATERAL SEAL CLEAT WALL23. THE ATTACHMENT BASE EXTENTION6
SEE
FIGURES1.2,5 CONSTITUTES A FLAT PLATE OF ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL, OF EVEN
THICKNESS,
OF RECTANGULAR SHAPE, ITS RESPECTIVE WIDTH SIDE PROTRUDING PERPENDICULAR AND
HORIZONTALLY FROM THE LATERAL SEAL CLEAT WALL23 AFT FACE. LOOKING DOWN ONTO
THE RECTANGULAR UPPER PLATE PLANE, THE RECTANGULAR LOWER PLATE PLANE CONTOUR
EDGE LENGTH IS INTEGRAL CONNECTED PARALLEL AND FLUSH ALONG THE LATERAL SEAL
CLEAT WALL23 ADJACENT CONTOUR EDGE AND IS OF THE SAME RESPECTIVE LENGTH.
THE WIDTH OF THE RECTANGULAR UPPER PLATE PLANE IS OF EVEN DISTANCE PARALLEL
TO THE LATERAL SEAL CLEAT WALL23 AFT FACE AT 18-20% PROPORTION TO THE CENTRAL
RETENTION CLEAT WALL21 DEPTH, FORMING A ATTACHMENT BASE EXTENT10N6.
RECIPROCATING
AN IDENTICAL REPLICA OF THE HEREINABOVE, BUT OF OPPOSITE HAND FORMAT WE NOW
HAVE A LEFT HAND LATERAL SEAL CLEAT3 WHICH CONSTITUTES THE LATERAL SEAL CLEAT
WALL24 AND THE ATTACHMENT BASE EXTENTION4. THE INTERLINKED TELESCOPING
TRIPLE CLEAT ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTES THE CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT2 SECURED BY ITS
RESPECTIVE ATTACHMENT BASE EXTENTION7 TO THE OUTER BELT LOOP PLANE12, BONDED
OR THE LIKES, WITH THE REINFORCING WEB STRUCTURE22 FACING DOWNWARDS ALONG
THE ASCENDING OUTER BELT LOOP PORTION12; WITH THE SAY RIGHT HAND LATERAL SEAL
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1 CLEAT5 SECURED BY ITS RESPECTIVE ATTACHMENT BASE EXTENTION6) BONDED OR THE
LIKES
TO THE OUTER BELT LOOP PLANE12. ITS LONGITUDINAL ATTACHMENT RELATIONSHIP
ARRANGED
WITH THE LATERAL SEAL CLEAT WALL23 INSERTED PARALLEL INTO CENTRAL RETENTION
CLEAT
PROFILE ABYSS2, ESTABLISHING A TELESCOPING CONFIGURATION AND BY RECIPROCATING
AN
IDENTICAL REPLICA ASSEMBLY ON THE TRANSVERSE OPPOSITE SIDE, USING THE LEFT
HAND
LATERAL SEAL CLEATS, WE NOW HAVE A INTERLINKED TELESCOPING TRIPLE CLEAT
ASSEMBLY
WITH THE BELT LOOP1 BEING THE LINKING MEMBER.
ITS TRANSVERSAL LOCATION RELATIONSHIP AS PER THE AFORMENTIONED HEREINABOVE
SPECIFICATION, REFERENCED, FOR EACH RESPECTIVE MEMBER IN ITS ENTIRETY, WHICH
CONSTITUTES THE INTERLINKED TELESCOPING TRIPLE CLEAT ASSEMBLY THAT IS TO SAY,
INCLINED CONVEYOR BELT LOOP1, CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT2. LEFT HAND LATERAL SEAL
CLEATS AND RIGHT HAND LATERAL SEAL CLEATS.
THE INTERLINKED TELESCOPING TRIPLE CLEAT ASSEMBLIES AS DEPICTED SEE FIGURES1,6
WHEREBY THE LONGITUDINAL INCREMENTAL SPACINGS CAN AMOUNT FROM 100-600' IN
PROPORTION TO THE CENTRAL RETENTION CLEAT WALL21 DEPTH.
