Conveyor belt of rubber or rubber-like elastomeric synthetic materials with strength members embedded in the belt and arranged in mutually spaced apart relationship while extending parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction of the belt, whereby the strength members are generally distributed in groups over the width of the belt at predetermined intervals. The strength members can be in the form of wires, cables, ropes and the like, while the conveyor belt includes carrier elements such as cups, baffle plates, rakes or scrapers, or pusher dogs, and the like.