US Patent Issued to Marel Poultry, Ammeraal Beltech Modular on Oct. 28 for "Conveyor belt module with relatively narrow surfaces" (Danish, Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,417, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Marel Poultry B.V. (Av Boxmeer, Netherlands) and Ammeraal Beltech Modular A/S (Vejle, Denmark).

"Conveyor belt module with relatively narrow surfaces" was invented by Harry Van Der Eerden (AV Boxmeer, Netherlands), Germ Buter (Vejle, Denmark) and Kenneth Westergaard Andersen (Vejle, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is presented a conveyor belt module for a side flexing modular conveyor belt wherein a width ratio between a longitudinal surface width and a maximum width of eye parts placed centrally along a longitudinal is smaller than a width ratio for eye parts placed on both sides ...