Abstract: A conveyor apparatus includes a supporting plate and a conveyor module. The supporting plate is connected to the conveyor module. The supporting plate includes a first power and communication terminal that is configured to provide the conveyor module with power and a communication connection. The conveyor module is connected to the supporting plate. The conveyor module is detachable and includes a second power and communication terminal that is connected to the first power and communication terminal to receive the power and to perform the communication connection. The first and second power and communication terminals are detachable, with an ability to be connected to and disconnected from each other.

Abstract: A multi-belt conveyor is described. The multi-belt conveyor comprises a base assembly comprising a base frame that extends along a length of the multi-belt conveyor. Further, the multi-belt conveyor comprises a conveyor bed having a plurality of cartridges positioned adjacently to each other and mounted to the base frame. In this regard, each cartridge of the plurality of cartridges comprises a set of conveyor belts configured to move in a direction along the conveyor bed at a defined speed. Further, in accordance with some example embodiments, a cartridge of the plurality of cartridges is configured to be removed from the conveyor bed without removing an adjacent cartridge from the plurality of cartridges. Further, each cartridge of the multi-belt conveyor comprises an actuation assembly comprising: a drive pulley, a roller-slider bed comprising a plurality of rollers, and the set of conveyor belts mounted around the roller-slider bed and the drive pulley.

Abstract: A conveyor assembly includes a motor, a gear assembly operatively coupled to the motor, and a paddle assembly including a plurality of paddles operatively coupled to the gear assembly. Each paddle extends longitudinally between opposing housing walls. Each paddle includes a plurality of blades and a plurality of gaps that are alternatingly disposed along a shaft that extends through a center of each blade. A first portion of paddles includes a first portion of blades and a first portion of gaps. A second portion of paddles includes a second portion of blades and a second portion of gaps. The first portion of blades can rotate through the second portion of gaps. The second portion of blades can rotate through the first portion of gaps. The paddles can sequentially rotate about the respective paddle axes such that each paddle can be disposed at a different angular position than an adjacent paddle.

Abstract: A modular handling system and method for transporting cases is disclosed. The system includes at least one mobile base including a base frame with a base diverter thereon and at least one collapsible wing. The base frame is supported by wheeled legs. The collapsible wing includes a wing frame. The wing frame is operatively connectable to the mobile base, and is supported by collapsible legs. The wing frame and the collapsible legs are movable between an operational position and a collapsed position whereby a configurable path is movably positionable about a work space. A sorting system including at least one sorter mounted to the mobile base(s) may also be provided. Each sorter is operatively connectable to the mobile bases to identify and route the cases. The sorters are interactively coupled for communication therebetween whereby the cases are selectively movable about the configurable path.

Abstract: A transport device and a transport method is provided for a container treatment plant. The transport device comprises at least one transporter for transporting containers to or away from a treatment station of the container treatment plant, wherein at least one transporter is positioned displaceable in relation to another one of the transporters to provide a closeable spatial separation between the at least one displaceable transporter and the other transporter.

Abstract: A machine for processing and/or packaging objects, said machine having horizontal conveying section for conveying articles, packages, and/or packaging units, which conveying section includes a first horizontal conveying device with a conveyor for a first operating mode and replaceable by a further horizontal conveying device with a second conveyor different from the first conveyor to establish a further operating mode. A method for modifying a conveying section of a machine for processing and/or packaging objects, wherein articles, packages, and/or packaging units are conveyed essentially horizontally on the conveying section using of a first horizontal conveying device with at least one conveyor in a first operating mode, and wherein at least one further operating mode is established by replacing the first horizontal conveying device with a further horizontal conveying device including at least one second conveyor which is different from the first conveying means conveyor.

Abstract: A conveyor segment for use in a train of such conveyor segments in high wall mining is provided with at least one hook located and at least one coupling element, wherein the hook and the coupling element are suited for coupling, wherein the hook is moveable between an open position and a closed position, and the conveyor segment is provided with locking means for securing the hook in a closed position. An assembly includes at least two such conveyor segments. A method of coupling of such conveyor segments includes bringing the hook of a first conveyor segment in contact with a coupling element of second conveyor segment. A method of releasing such conveyor segments includes urging two coupled conveyor segments together while moving the hook from the closed position to the open position.

Abstract: A conveyor system having any number of conveyor system modules, each system module including a support structure, a band and a band drive mechanism for driving the band around a path of each respective system module. In one aspect of the invention a mounting bracket forms a part of the conveyor system and has mounting details for mounting the bracket onto a conveyor system support element. In a second aspect of the invention a conveyor drive mechanism bracket mounts a drive mechanism in the conveyor system. Locking details are also designed to tighten a band of the conveyor system. In a third aspect of the invention a coupling bracket for a first conveyor system module has mechanical coupling details.

Abstract: A conveying device (1) is provided for conveying preferably heavy goods on pallets or the like on an essentially horizontal conveying line or track (5, 6) on the floor (4) of a room or outdoors. The conveying line is, in the longitudinal direction, divided into a first conveying track (5) and into a second conveying track (6). A dividing area is formed by at least one moving partial piece of the same kind that can be folded upward in the form of a folding piece (3) similar to a drawbridge in order to provide an unobstructed transversal passage (D), for example, for a fork-lift truck.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transport belt module with a body on which at least a deflecting roller and another deflecting element are rotatably mounted, around which a conveyor belt is guided, as well as drive means for driving at least the deflecting roller that is arranged in the body, whereby the module further comprises mechanical and electrical connection elements for connecting the module to a conveyor system or a production line, and also comprises at least a sensor, that is arranged under the conveyor belt so that the objects which are to be transported on the conveyor belt can be detected with the help of the sensor.

Abstract: A work conveying apparatus including at least one movable work conveying device to support a work, a drive device capable of reciprocating by a predetermined distance in a predetermined direction, and a latching portion formed on at least one of the working conveying device and the drive device and configured to latch the working conveying device with the drive device and move the work conveying device when the drive device is moved in one direction in the reciprocating direction.

Abstract: A movable table for serving out food has an operating position for serving out food, and a transportation position for moving of the table. The movable table comprises at least two modules, each module comprising an automated transferring device, e.g. at least one conveyor belt, for transferring food receptacles from one end of the table to an opposite end thereof. The upper side of the transferring device in operating position forms a working surface of the table. The table is furthermore adapted for fixing a support above the table surface. Each module may be provided with a transferring mechanism for transferring food receptacles on the automated transferring device of that module when the table is in the operating position. The transferring mechanism of a module operatively connects as the table is into the operating position and operatively disengages when the table is brought into the transportation position.

Abstract: A production line for food products includes a plurality of apparatus modules (1) arranged one after the other, each module being arranged to perform at least one manufacturing stage of the food product. The production line includes a frame (2), which includes driving elements (3) for driving at least one apparatus module (1). At least one movable apparatus module (1) can be adapted to the driving elements (3) in the frame (2) such that the apparatus module (1) can be driven by the driving elements (1) in the frame (2).

Abstract: A conveyor for transporting load carriers, having load-bearing members which are spaced apart parallel to one another on frame parts and are intended for accommodating drivable load-bearing elements which form longitudinally running load-bearing tracks for the load carriers resting on the load-bearing elements. The conveyor may include modular-construction conveying units, and each load-bearing element of at least two laterally spaced-apart load-bearing members of each conveyor unit may comprise an endlessly circulating load-bearing belt, which bears the load carriers and which is supported on load-bearing rollers mounted on the load-bearing members. The conveyor may be provided for transporting load carriers and may be suitable for conveying the load carriers both longitudinally and transversely. The conveyor may transport the load carriers with a lower level of noise, and may allow a high throughput even of large loads.

Abstract: A link for connecting an upstream and a downstream multi-turret processing machines, a method for linking an upstream and a downstream multi-processing machines, and a multi-turret processing, the link comprising: a base; a bridge disposed on the base and forming a cross-piece for a T to the base to allow connection on one end of the cross-piece to a base of an upstream multi-turret processing machine and to allow connection at the opposite end of the cross-piece to a base of a downstream multi-turret processing machine, the bridge having a center aperture, an upstream aperture on an upstream side of the center aperture, and a downstream aperture on a downstream side of the center aperture opposite to the upstream side, the three apertures for holding a last existing upstream turret on the upstream multi-turret processing machine in the upstream aperture, for holding a link processing turret in the center aperture, and for holding a first existing downstream turret in the downstream multi-turret processing ma

Abstract: A toggle retainer for toggle connections of conveyor pans for chain scraper conveyers guide pans of mining machines conveyors etc with a securing plate (10) which engages across one of the locking extensions (8, 9) of a toggle and secures it in the accepting pocket (4), both ends (11, 12) of which can be inserted into an associated insertion pocket and retained therein by means of securing means (20) engaging through a locking hole (25, 26) in the insertion pocket and an accepting hole (14) in the securing plate (10). The securing means (20) comprise a sleeve-like deformable out outer part (21) especially from plastics material, with a reinforcing core (22) from harder material, especially a reinforcing core of metal.

Abstract: The article conveyor module has a drive system comprising a support plate on which there are mounted a synchronization pulley and a drive belt engaging said synchronization pulley. The synchronization pulley is for coupling to the drive belt of another conveyor module for the purpose of synchronizing the two conveyor modules. In this conveyor module drive system, the synchronization pulley is mounted outside the drive belt. The drive belt of the other conveyor module can also engage the synchronization pulley while remaining on the outside thereof. With this configuration, synchronizing two conveyor modules does not require an intermediate synchronization belt to be installed.

Abstract: An interconnection for a modular support for a conveyor system includes a first modular frame suitable to support a conveyor and the first modular frame includes a first frame member defining a first cavity therein. A first opening is defined by a first cavity. A second opening opposes the first opening defined by the first cavity. A second modular frame is suitable to support the conveyor and the second modular frame includes a second frame member defining a second cavity therein. A third opening is defined by the second cavity. A fourth opening opposes the first opening defined by the second cavity. A securement structure passes through the first opening and the third opening to rigidly interconnect the first frame member with respect to the second frame member. A first cover is detachably engageable with the first frame member in such a manner as to at least partially overlay the second opening.

Abstract: A conveyor unit for a high wall mining system; a mining system employing a train of such units. The conveyor units are pushed in tandem into the mine. The system contemplates a motor mounted on a cutter at the head of the train; through a series of shafts and clutches, serially through the train of conveyor units, rotation power is transferred mechanically from the motor to turn the conveyor belts of the individual units. The mining system includes a preferred coupling/clutch apparatus and a launch vehicle for adding conveyor units to the train which has the ability to start the rotation of the conveyor belt on the new unit as it is added.

Abstract: A modular conveyor system is disclosed which includes a plurality of non-contiguous, freestanding pedestals, arranged in two parallel rows. Each of the pedestals includes a support roller for contacting the bottom surface of a pallet placed on top of it, and the support rollers are connected to one another and to a drive by a series of belts. The system can easily be modified to accommodate loads of different widths, lengths and weights by moving the pedestals to correspond to the dimensions of the new load.

Abstract: A pallet conveyer for successively conveying a plurality of pallets to stations arranged in accordance with a sequence of steps to be executed on each of the pallets. The pallet conveyer comprises at least two intermittent conveyers disposed in series with and spaced apart from each other, and a supplementary conveyer mounted removably between the two intermittent conveyers. The intermittent conveyer is associated with at least one work station, and is driven intermittently at a speed and an interval according to location and working time of the associated work station. The supplementary conveyer is driven continuously to convey the pallets from the preceding to the following intermittent conveyer, while absorbing the difference in speed and interval between the two intermittent conveyers.

Abstract: A conveyor unit for a high wall mining system; a mining system employing a train of such units. The conveyor units are pushed in tandem into the mine. The system contemplates a motor mounted on a cutter at the head of the train; through a series of shafts and clutches, serially through the train of conveyor units, rotation power is transferred mechanically from the motor to turn the conveyor belts of the individual units. The invention includes a preferred coupling/clutch apparatus and a launch vehicle for adding conveyor units to the train which has the ability to start the rotation of the conveyor belt on the new unit as it is added.

Abstract: A power driven, reciprocating slat conveyor (12) is provided on a dock (D). A passive, reciprocating slat conveyor (10) is provided within a trailer (T). The power driven conveyor (12) is coupled to the passive conveyor (10) so that the drive mechanism of the power driven conveyor (12) can be used to operate both conveyors (10, 12) in conjunction. All of the conveyor slats (14) of the dock conveyor (12) can be directly connected to corresponding conveyor slats (16) of the trailer conveyor (10). Or, one conveyor slat (14) from each set of conveyor slats in the power driven conveyor (12) can be connected to a corresponding conveyor slat in the passive conveyor (10) and these conveyor slats in the passive conveyor (10) can each be connected to a transverse drive beam which is connected to the remaining conveyor slats of the same set of conveyor slats. Or, the drive units of the powered conveyor (12) can be coupled to transverse drive beams which are connected to the sets of slats in the passive conveyor (10).

Abstract: A modular assembly line system is proposed having transport means for the transport of workpiece carriers (64) receiving parts or components and having processing stations (61, 62) arranged one behind the other in the direction of conveyance, wherein the transport means have a main circulating path (10) composed of main circulating path segments arranged one behind the other and secondary path segments (31 to 37) which can be branched off from the main circulating path segments, and the secondary path segments (31 to 37) each have a feed-out section (42) and a feed-in section (44) extending transversely to the main circulating path, a secondary transport section (59) being arranged between feed-out section and feed-in section and extending in the direction of conveyance of the main circulating path (10), with the feed-out section (42) and the feed-in section (44) having opposite directions of conveyance and with the main circulating path segments and/or the secondary path segments accommodating at least one p

Abstract: An apparatus for performing reshaping operations on a can, with the apparatus being modular in construction. The modular construction allows for the easy add-on of additional processing stations for performing additional reshaping operations to the cans. Each module is readily connected to an adjacent module in such spaced relationship that cans are transferred directly from can support pockets that hold the cans during processing on one module to can support pockets that hold the cans during processing on the adjacent module, without the need for any conveyors or track work to transfer the cans. The modules are cast with internal chambers that form vacuum chambers, gear chambers, and/or pressurized air passageways. The internal chambers of one module can be interconnected with corresponding internal chambers in adjacent modules.

Abstract: In a multi-section conveyor, a conveyor section provides a belt tension adjusting mechanism employing extension arms on an expanding tensioner. The extension arms carry the end belt roller and apply increased tension to the belt as the arms extend. The opposed end rollers of adjacent sections are joined to coaxial end gears, and an intermediate idler gear interconnects the end gears when the sections are joined. When sections are assembled, the extension arms mate into the neighboring section and are contoured to permit angular variation in the mating. A latching mechanism on one section locks the end roller of the next section in engagement slots and boxes the gears for safety.

Abstract: A modular conveyor system for flat folded product includes a generally trapezoidal central drive unit having an upper endless belt conveyor which extends at an obtuse angle to first and second edges thereof. The central drive unit includes a drive motor for driving its endless belt conveyor and further includes first and second output pulleys. First and second auxiliary driven units each have a substantially rectangular frame which supports an endless belt conveyor where each endless belt conveyor is driven by an input pulley coupled to the first and second output pulleys respectively. The three units may be locked together in various configurations to form a deserter, a bump turn or a lateral realigner.

Abstract: A conveyor apparatus for conveying paper sheets having a plurality of conveyor path units which are connected to form a continuous conveyor path. Each unit includes a housing having both longitudinal ends opened, a sheet conveyor, provided in the housing, for conveying the paper sheets while holding the paper sheets between endless belts and a connecting structure provided on both longitudinal ends to enable each unit to be connected in series with other units. The conveyor is disposed near both longitudinal ends to make a distance between an adjacent conveyor, when the units are connected, small.

Abstract: An assembly line for assembling a product by a series of operations comprises a conveyer body assembly which includes a plurality of conveyer body units. Each unit has an assembly area for carrying out a predetermined process for producing a product to be assembled and forms a minimal unit which takes charge of a part of the series of operations. The conveyer body assembly is formed by connecting an arbitrary number of conveyer body units greater than or equal to two, which makes it possible to cope with any change in the production plan or the like with a high flexibility.

Abstract: An apparatus for mining aggregate material from a seam includes a miner for cutting material from the seam and a conveyor for conveying the won aggregate material from the miner for recovery. The conveyor is formed by a series of individual conveyor units that are coupled or interconnected in series so as to form a train. The coupling comprises cooperating clevises and tongues interconnected by locking pins. Each unit includes a main frame supported on ground engaging wheels. A belt conveyor is supported in the main frame and a conveyor drive mechanism is provided on each unit. The apparatus also includes a launch vehicle. The launch vehicle includes a frame holding a conveyor for receiving won aggregate material from the conveyor train and for delivering that material to a discharge conveyor. Additionally, the launch vehicle includes a reciprocating drive assembly to aid in advancing the conveyor train and miner into the seam face.

Abstract: A portable conveyor system having multiple, separable, conveyor sections, a separable latching bridge mechanism disposed between and connecting each two adjacent conveyor sections, a single drive motor for the system, a belt driving gear arrangement on each end of each conveyor section for driving the conveyor belt, a pair of idling gears carried by each separable latching bridge mechanism and adapted to engage and connect the roller gears on adjacent conveyor sections when the latching bridge mechanism is employed to latch adjacent conveyor sections. Snugger rollers are provided to adjust the tension on the conveyor belt on each conveyor section.

Abstract: A conveyor device is disclosed having a drive unit and a follower unit, each of which has a roller with a peripheral surface to carry a reversing portion of a continuous belt, an engaging element to engage the units with one end portion of a plank defining a belt support surface, so as to align the belt support surface with the peripheral surface.

Abstract: The system is a plurality of wall board conveying sections which when interconnected form the wall board conveying system for the distance desired. In the preferred embodiment, each section provides a horizontally extending track frame housing a plurality of spaced apart freely rotating roller members throughout its length. Adjacent each roller there is further provided a first pair of lower free rotating guide wheels making contact with the front and back side of the wall board as it is conveyed along the rollers. There is further provided a second upper pair of free rotating roller guide wheels extending a distance above the lower guide wheels to a point approximately above the mid-point of the wall board being conveyed on edge, the guide wheels also positioned in making contact with both the front and back side of the sheet of wall board, and supporting it on edge as it is being conveyed along the rollers.

Abstract: A high-frequency welding installation for welding particularly plastic material parts includes at least two work stations and one feed station arranged in linear succession and trays on which work pieces are conducted through the stations by means of a transport system in a single direction and are returned into the initial station in the opposite direction outside of the stations in an essentially vertically offset plane, wherein the trays are arranged during the transport in both directions always with the working side facing upwardly. Four essentially straight-line transport units are provided. The first unit is a feed unit, the third unit is a return unit, and the second and fourth units are each vertical elevators. The return unit is arranged essentially parallel to the work unit and at least the return unit operates at a higher transport speed than the feed unit.

Abstract: Apparatus for the assembly and/or machining of parts manually and/or automatically, comprising a multiplicity of work stations each having pallet transfer apparatus for the displacement of the part-carrying pallets to the interior of a station and from one station to another by one or more carriages in continuous movement in which the movement of a pallet by a carriage occurs along one edge.

Abstract: In a production plant comprising a conveyor line at which each station comprises a machine table for optional reception of devices such as guiding, positioning, arresting, feed, sensor or coding devices, the machine tables, feed devices, guide devices, positioning and arresting device and coding device are constructed as mutually interchangeable modules which may be releasably coupled in desired work stations. The work stations are formed at tables comprising conveying, deflector or manual work station modules equipped with reception devices for the device modules and the coupling members for the station modules are arranged and constructed in the same manner.As a result the station module may be interchanged and it is possible to set up or change production plant with facility. The station modules are formed of substantially identical parts releasably assembled.

Abstract: An apparatus for actuating a breakaway conveyor section includes an actuating means positioned below a lower edge of a fire door adapted to move vertically downward along an outside wall of a building to close an opening. A breakaway conveyor section is pivotly connected to an end of a fixed conveyor section outside the building and extends adjacent to an end of a fixed conveyor section inside the building and extending into the opening in the wall. The actuating means includes an actuating plate positioned below a lower edge of the fire door and pivotally connected to a pair of generally vertically extending slides by a pair of lever arms. The slides are maintained in an upper position by a pair of link arms pivotally connected to form an over center mechanism attached between the slides and the conveyor inside the building. A lower end of the slides is slidingly attached to horizontal slides which extend through the opening in the wall to support a free end of the breakaway conveyor section.

Abstract: In combination, a document turner having dual interfaces at its receiving end oriented perpendicular to each other, each of the interfaces having a projecting tongue, and a document conveyor having a groove at the exit thereof for engagement with either of the projecting tongues and a pair of document conveying belts aligned on either side of the groove.

Abstract: An accessory attachment for a conveyor has one or more straps mounted on the accessory which can be seated in openings in the side rail of the conveyor. Openings are provided at suitable intervals to permit accessory relocation along the conveyor. The lower end of the strap is inclined to form a cam finger to pull the accessory tightly against the conveyor to form a stop against further downward movement when the top of the strap engages under the wall forming the upper end of the opening in the conveyor rail to prevent unintentional upward movement. The strap has sufficient resilience to permit it to be flexed when it is desired to detach the accessory.

Abstract: This invention is a means for aligning and securing adjacent conveyor trough structures which involves a conveyor trough means of specific design and an alignment and anchor wedge member that is easily usable to assure proper rigid connection and alignment of adjacent conveyor trough means. The alignment and anchor wedge member is of a special design and driven as a wedge between adjacent ends of the conveyor trough means to be interconnected and acts to positively align the conveyor chain support members which is of extreme importance to reduce wear and maintenance.

Abstract: To convey particulate materials such as grain to a top central cavity of a large container such as an on-farm silo or bin, there are provided a first auger-containing flexible roof-mounted conveyer section having on its receiving end a guide, a cooperating ground-adjacent auger-containing conveying section, keys and dogs on the augers cause the auger in the second section to drive the auger in the first section, and hooks and pins for securing the two sections together. Preferably, the apparatus further includes carriage for the ground-adjacent conveyor section. By making the roof-mounted section of suitable length to accommodate the geometry of the silo or bin, any of a great variety of bin geometries may be accommodated with the use of a single standard length of ground-adjacent conveyor section, which affords considerable economies to the manufacturers, distributors, and users of such equipment.

Abstract: A conveyor-separator apparatus having a separator unit slave driven from the conveyor unit by a gear train which employs an idler gear rotatably supported on the separator unit. The idler gear projects from the housing of the separator unit so as to be disposed in meshing engagement with a drive gear associated with the conveyor unit when the two units are joined together. This gear train also employs a drive gear which is in meshing engagement with the idler gear and is coaxially secured relative to the separator belt roller disposed adjacent the lower end of the separation gap. This driven gear is supported on an arm swingable about the axis of the idler gear, which arm can be selectively secured in a desired location. This swinging of the arm causes the axis of the drive gear, and hence the axis of the separator belt roller, to be selectively moved toward or away from the conveyor unit so as to selectively vary the width of the separation gap.

Abstract: Apparatus for picking, transportation and depositing of sheeted and/or folded material from different bundles or bunches of material comprises a conveyor module for transport and registration of the sheeted material, the conveyor module including a control device for controlling and registering the material to be transported by the conveyor in a desired direction of transport, at least one conveyor belt, chain or the like driving the material along the conveyor module, a motor coupled to drive the at least one belt, chain or the like, the direction of travel of the belt, chain or the like being placed at a sharp angle in relation to the control device. Also disclosed is an inserter which can pick different sheets of material by means of suction from a raised or a lying position and to transport the sheets in a desired position, such as on the conveyor. Still further, apparatus and a method of calibration and adjustment of the inserter is provided.

Abstract: Multi-purpose in-line direct heat treating equipment for hot-rolled steel wire rod has, in combination, a front stage transport conveyor portion and a holding furnace both positioned on a front traveling skid carriage, a quenching tank and a holding tank both positioned on a rear traveling skid carriage, each of the traveling skid carriages being able to travel in direction transverse to the direction of conveying of the hot-rolled steel wire rod emerging from a hot rolling mill for the purpose of direct heat treating the wire rod by taking advantage of the heat retained in the wire rod.

Abstract: A conveyor unit comprises a conveyor carried by a movable support, which support also carries a conveyor drive. The conveyor drive is provided with a control including a light source and a detector cell for sensing the presence of an article on a predetermined region of the conveyor, and the conveyor drive is started and stopped in accordance with signals from the detector cell. A location bar which extends around the conveyor is used for connecting the conveyor unit with another such unit at either end or at the side thereof. The support also carries a services conduit which has an outlet enabling electrical power supply to be provided for the conveyor drive. The services conduit can be connected at each end with the services conduit of an adjoining conveyor unit.

Abstract: A modular conveyor particularly adapted for food processing installations including a plurality of pedestals arranged along a single line and removably connected to a plurality of aligned beams and laterally-spaced side rails to support a plurality of belt-supporting rollers. The conveyor can be adjusted to a cleaning position where the conveyor belt is opened for interior cleaning while still permitting the belt to be driven by its usual driving mechanism.

Abstract: The invention relates to connecting members for the ends of adjacent tubs of a scraper conveyor for the use in mines in which each tub comprises two side members.The supporting partition of each connecting member has a rear face serving as a support for one of the retaining flanges and extends transversely up to the corresponding side member or up to its extension. The supporting partition is located at the rear end of the projecting portion of the male member. The width of the lateral access opening for each partition is less than the maximum dimension of the cross-section of the corresponding locating slot of the partition. The junction zones between the lateral access opening and the locating slot at the partition constitute a lateral locking means for the connecting rods relative to the partition.

Abstract: An apparatus and system is disclosed for receiving upstanding cylindrical product coils from a coil forming station at the delivery end of a rolling mill, and for transporting the coils along a path along which additional processing operations are performed on the coils at different locations. The apparatus includes a plurality of separately driven and independently operable roller table modules which are aligned to form longitudinally extending roller conveyor avenues. Transfer carriages are provided to laterally shift certain or these roller table modules from one to another of the longitudinally extending roller conveyor avenues. The drives for the roller table modules and the transfer carriages are all located beneath the transport level defined by the table rollers, the latter being located approximtely at the floor level of the coil handling area. Smaller coils may be carried directly on the rollers of the roller table modules, while larger coils are preferably carried on specially designed pallets.

Abstract: Modular chemical treatment apparatus with improved sidewall connecting and alignment means consisting of a connecting member secured to abutting sidewalls, the connecting member overlying and held in intimate contact with a longitudinal, vertical planar surfce. A variety of such connecting and alignment means are disclosed.

Abstract: Conveying means is mounted on an extensible boom of a wheeled vehicle in such manner that one end of the conveyor system is adapted to receive materials such as concrete or the like from a delivery truck and the other end is adapted to discharge the materials, as through a tremie, into a wall form or the like. The arrangement is such that the boom of the wheeled vehicle can be extended and retracted, inclined and swung from side to side during a continuous materials delivery operation so that the tremie can follow the outline of the wall form for evenly distributing the materials therein. The extension, elevation and wing of the boom can be effected by the operator without interrupting the flow of materials, and the form filling job can therefore be completed in a minimum of time.