Abstract: Apparatus for removing bulk material from a dump comprises a horizontal scooping tube, which is mounted for rotation about its axis and provided with a plurality of buckets, which are distributed around the periphery and over the length of the scooping tube and protrude into the interior of the scooping tube through entrance openings formed in the wall of the scooping tube, and a conveyor, which extends within the scooping tube and serves to receive bulk material which has been dropped through the entrance openings by the buckets. In order to provide good conditions for the removal of material and to provide a simplified structure, the buckets are secured to annular collars, which are disposed at the entrance openings in the tube wall and radially outwardly protrude from the tube wall, and the buckets protrude at least with their backs through the collars into the interior of the scooping tube.

Abstract: At least one hanger rail having opposite ends is provided to support a plurality of parked vehicles. Two conveyor lines are associated with the hanger rail and extend transversely thereto to deliver the vehicles to one hanger rail and to receive parked vehicles from the other hanger rail means. Each conveyor line is associated with a respective end of the hanger rail, and the two conveyor lines are driven in mutually opposite directions of conveyance. Each conveyor line comprises an endless series of vehicle carriers, each of which is adapted to carry one of said vehicles and is of like cross section as the hanger rails.

Abstract: First and second cars are movable on an inclined track and adapted to bypass each other at an intermediate turnout of the track. A traction cable is trained around a reversing pulley at the upper end of the track and has two courses extending along the track and connected to respective ones of the cars and to move the cars in opposite directions along the track. Two sets of guide pulleys guide respective ones of said cable courses. The guide pulleys of each set are spaced along the track. The two sets of guide pulleys are disposed on opposite sides of the track therebelow and outside the rails thereof and guide the cable courses so that they extend on opposite side of the track outside the rails thereof.