Bearingless Reciprocating Slat-Type Conveyor Assemblies

A tipper retrofit bearingless reciprocating slat-type conveyor assembly 200 for use in a load-holding compartment including a plurality of elongate hold down strips 220, a plurality of elongate guide trough subdecks 230, and a plurality of longitudinal slats 210 adjacent to and parallel to each other is described herein. Also described herein is a snap together bearingless reciprocating slat conveyor for use in a load-holding compartment (that has at least one cross-member having an overhang) that includes at least one reciprocating slat-type conveyor assembly 300, 400 and at least one elongate slat 310, 410 at least partially supported by at least one subdeck 330, 430. The at least one reciprocating slat-type conveyor assembly preferably includes at least one anchor 320, 420 (having at least one upper anchor subdeck engager 322, 422 and at least one lower anchor cross-member engager 324, 424) and at least one subdeck 330, 430 (having at least one upper subdeck anchor-slat engager 320, 420 and at least one lower subdeck cross-member engager 344, 444).