US Patent Issued to TSUBAKI YAMAKYU CHAIN on Aug. 25 for "Conveyor belt and belt conveying apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,700, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TSUBAKI YAMAKYU CHAIN Co. (Saitama, Japan).

"Conveyor belt and belt conveying apparatus" was invented by Katsuhisa Kamei (Tokyo), Ryosuke Tanuma (Tokyo) and Tetsu Shimizu (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyor belt includes belt components adjacent to each other in a first direction and a coupling shaft extending in a second direction. Each of the belt components includes coupling pieces. The coupling pieces each including a coupling hole. The belt components adjacent to each other in the first direction are coupled by inserting the coupling shaft through the coupling holes that are o...