Abstract: A joint for connecting together adjacent ends of individual elongate pans of an armoured scraper chain conveyor, has the adjacent conveyor pan ends provided on the outsides of their sidewalls with interengaging male and female formations, each formation being provided with one or more abutment surfaces forming part of a laterally open pocket connected to a laterally open channel, the pocket and channel of adjacent pan ends receiving a common, laterally inserted connector having a shank portion located within respective channels and at each end of the shank portion an enlarged head located within respective pockets so as to be engageable with an abutment surface of a respective pocket, and an aperture provided in the shank portion to receive a locating pin restrained from lateral displacement by engagement with a projection of one or other of the formations.