| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5105933 |
Disc/cam type tipping mechanism for bucket conveyor |
April 21, 1992 |
| A tipping mechanism for buckets carried by a conveyor or elevator. Each bucket 28 is attached to a chain 26 by a swing link 29 and each bucket carries a sector shape cam 30. As the buckets are carried around a sprocket 27 the cam 30 contacts a peg 31, so as to cause the bucket to pro |
| 4890722 |
Method and apparatus for conveying materials |
January 2, 1990 |
| A conveyor system comprising a series of buckets supported by a chain along a predetermined endless path having straight portions and at least one internal curve. An individual pivoting arm supports a respective bucket on the chain. Each pivoting arm is pivotally attached to the entrainm |
| 4838410 |
Chain and chain track for rotating conveyor bucket |
June 13, 1989 |
| A bucket conveyor comprising a plurality of buckets, a chain on which the buckets are mounted in series, a chain track on which the chain is mounted for movement thereon, a drive for moving the chain whereby the buckets are moved along a circuitous conveyor path between one bucket fillin |
| 4825998 |
Apparatus for emptying a conveyor bucket |
May 2, 1989 |
| An apparatus for tipping about a horizontal axis a bucket carried by a conveyor chain around a circuit to fill the bucket with contents at a predetermined location and empty the contents thereof at a predetermined location. The apparatus comprises a bucket pulley mounted for rotation |
| 4817782 |
Heavy duty conveyor bucket with auxiliary support means |
April 4, 1989 |
| A bucket conveyor comprising a plurality of buckets, a chain on which the buckets are mounted in cantilevered relation to one side of the chain by an outwardly-extending bucket spindle connecting the chain to one side of the bucket, a chain track on which the chain is mounted for linear |
| 4750606 |
Bucket tipping apparatus with increased dwell time for bucket in inverted position |
June 14, 1988 |
| An apparatus for tipping a bucket carried by a conveyor chain around a circuit to empty the contents thereof at a predetermined location. The apparatus is characterized by providing a dwell time to the bucket in its inverted position as the bucket is rotated 360 degrees around a fixed |
| 4722433 |
Conveyor or elevator system |
February 2, 1988 |
| A bucket elevator includes a continuous driven chain supporting inter-engaging buckets on swinging links. The links carry rollers which travel along guidance tracks which diverge from the track which guides the chain. Thus, the buckets pass around a curve of greater radius than the c |
| 4666032 |
Pocket elevator |
May 19, 1987 |
| An elevating conveyor which operates as a pocket elevator to transfer granular, powdered or like material from a loading station through an elevating section to a discharge zone wherein an endless conveyor belt cooperates with a further conveyor part. The belt has transverse bars on |
| 4664251 |
Elevating conveyor |
May 12, 1987 |
| An elevating conveyor having a first endless belt entrained around a plurality of spaced support or guide drums for elevating material through an elevating section to a discharge station and a second endless loading belt also entrained around guide drums to cooperate with the first belt |
| 4370913 |
Ammunition handling system |
February 1, 1983 |
| The invention relates to an ammunition handling system in which a steel carrier is supported on a chain running along a cruciform track. The carrier has an inner lining (19) (FIG. 1) which is shaped so that when the carrier (10) is tipped from the position shown in FIG. 1, by turning it |
