Many conveyor belts are known to the art which have been designed in a manner such as to enable them to be adapted for the transport of different goods. For example, there is known a conveyor-belt comprising a rubber or plastic-coated belt for transporting granular or particulate material. Such a conveyor belt is limited with respect to the angle of inclination of the belt, owing to the inherent angle of repose of said material.
To enable material to be transported on such a belt at an angle greater than the repose angle, it has been proposed that the belt be provided with a plurality of preferably uniformally spaced ridges or transverse ribs.
Also known is a conveyor belt which comprises a plurality of links where the mutually opposite end parts of respective links are pivotally connected to respective end parts of adjacent links, said links forming an endless belt which is guided by drive wheels and guide-rollers or guide-wheels. One advantage with conveyor belts of this latter kind is that they are relatively resistant to wear by the goods transported thereon; another advantage is that the links can be provided with side-boards such as to permit the volume of material per unit of time to be increased.