Extrudable flexible modular tooth driven conveyor belt

Claim 1

For use with a pair of drive sprockets having driving notches transversely of their rotary axis and extending across their load bearing face: (a) a modular conveyor belt comprising flexible link modules having link anchoring connectors running across the width of the link modules, said link anchoring connectors being formed with two right angle end legs having a spaced foot directed toward each other, one leg having an open ended square recess to mate adjacent links, (b) an extruded substantially rigid jointing and drive member having openings running the length of the extrusion and being complemental to the link anchoring connectors of a pair of link modules to restrain the links in abutting engagement with said jointing and drive member, said substantially rigid jointing and drive members are extruded with a central top opening to a width equal to two right angle link legs placed back to back and an undercut opening equal to the link module feet directed away from each other, and (c) the bottom and sides of said jointing and drive member being geometrically complemental to the transverse driving notches of the drive sprockets to be driven thereby.