Abstract: “CONVEYOR SYSTEM WITH DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS AND ISOLATION OF THE CONVEYED PRODUCT IN RELATION TO THE DRIVE SYSTEM”, is a conveyor for grains, seeds, fruit, granulated and ground products and similar products. The conveyor has different applications and isolates the product conveyed from the drive system. There are two or more tubes, and in each set of tubes there is a swivel with a drive system using roller chain, chain, cable, belt, et cetera. In this manner, the drive system is isolated from the product, avoiding mechanical damages, contamination, and also increasing the performance of the system.

Abstract: An armored face conveyor includes a plurality of line pans positioned adjacent to one another, a plurality of flight bars, and a connecting member. Each line pan includes a race having an outer race face and an inner race face. The plurality of flight bars extend laterally across the line pans and are received by the race. Each flight bar includes an end having an upper guide surface and a lower guide surface. The connecting member extends through the plurality of flight-bars and couples the flight-bars to one another. Lateral movement of any one of the flight-bars that causes the upper guide surface to contact the outer race face substantially simultaneously causes the lower guide surface to contact the inner race face.

Abstract: A drag conveyor system having a tube and a traction element extending through tube is provided. A plurality of slugs are connected to the traction element, each of the slugs including a slug flange. A disk is removably attached to each of the slugs, with the disk including first and second disk parts that are adapted to be placed around the cable and are engagable with one another and/or the slug so that each of the disks is located on the respective one of the slugs. A snap clip is engaged to each of the slugs, with the snap clip including a flange located on an opposite side of the disk from the slug flange that, together with the slug flange, maintains the first and second disk parts together and engaged with the slug in a fixed position on the slug.

Abstract: A continuous recovery system for an electrorefiner system may include a trough having a ridge portion and a furrow portion. The furrow portion may include a first section and a second section. An inlet and exit pipe may be connected to the trough. The inlet pipe may include an outlet opening that opens up to the first section of the furrow portion of the trough. The exit pipe may include an entrance opening that opens up to the second section of the furrow portion of the trough. A chain may extend through the inlet and exit pipes and along the furrow portion of the trough. The chain may be in a continuous loop form. A plurality of flights may be secured to the chain. Accordingly, the desired product may be continuously harvested from the electrorefiner system without having to halt the electrical power and/or remove the cathode and anode assemblies.

Abstract: A slat for use in an agricultural harvester including a web securable to a material moving system. A first and second leg extending outwardly from one side of the web, the first leg providing primary impetus for movement of crop material in a first direction by the material moving system. A third leg extending outwardly from an opposed side of the web and providing secondary impetus for movement of crop material by driven movement of the material moving system. In response to the slat encountering a foreign object that becomes wedged between the first leg, the third leg and structure of the material moving system and preventing driven movement of the material movement system in the first direction, upon application of force urging movement of the material movement system in an opposed second direction, the third leg facilitating a rotational movement of the slat for dislodging the foreign object.

Abstract: In a mail-handling machine having a conveyor path for conveying the mailpieces, which path is defined by a longitudinal referencing wall and by a top referencing wall, there is provided a conveyor and jogger belt formed of a continuous strip having two opposite faces, namely an inside face provided with a set of teeth suitable for cooperating with drive cogs for driving the belt, and an outside face provided with a plurality of flexible blades spaced apart at a predetermined distance, the free ends of the flexible blades providing both support for the flat articles while they are being conveyed and also jogging for jogging them against the top referencing wall.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a conveying element arranged for conveying objects, an advancing promoting arrangement for promoting a movement of the objects along the conveying element, the advancing promoting arrangement comprising a bristle arrangement arranged along the conveying element and suitable for interacting with the objects; an apparatus for conveying objects comprises a conveying plane element arranged for supporting the objects and a blowing arrangement arranged for advancing the objects in an advance direction, the conveying plane element being selected from a group comprising a rolling arrangement, a fluid cushion arrangement.

Abstract: A conveyor pan 10 for face conveyors in underground coal mining systems has outward race 1 and return race 2, between which a conveyor bottom 9 is formed, with toggle sockets 21, with guide means for a mining machine which can be moved along the wall, in particular a drum cutter-loader, and with a static loading ramp connected on the wall side to the conveyor pan, and extending from the floor to the level of the outward race, by means of which muck can be loaded into the outward race as the face conveyor is advanced. The loading ramp includes an angled guide plate 50, the lower section 51 of which is steeper relative to the conveyor bottom 9 or the floor 11 than the upper section 52.

Abstract: An improved cable conveyor system in which buttons provided for pushing the conveyed material are fitted with bearings to relieve the cable of torsional stresses. As a cable is tensioned, torsional stresses are incurred, tending to unwind the braided wire. By providing an opportunity for the cable to unwind, stretching may be carried out without the usual unrelieved torsional stresses.

Abstract: A device for continuously delivering bags includes at least one bag transferring device and at least one linear conveyor. The bag transferring device transfers the bags to the at least one linear conveyor. An objective of the invention is to provide a device for delivering bags, which ensures a continuous subsequent processing of the bags at a high rate and with a high degree of reliability. To this end, the device includes a continuously operating linear conveyor with bag holding fixtures. The width of the bag holding fixtures, in the direction of conveyance, is greater than the width of the bags to be held. This enables the linear conveyor to avoid having to be stopped during the delivery of the bags by the bag transferring device, and a continuous delivery of the bags to a next bag handling device can be ensured.

Abstract: A pusher dog assembly is provided for the transportation of products on hangers in a conveyer system. The pusher dog assembly may be designed to directly engage hangers on a series of interconnected rails. A system for transporting products on hangers is also provided. The system may include a series of interconnected rails, an enclosed track, a chain and a pusher dog assembly. The chain may be disposed within the enclosed track, which may, in turn, be disposed parallel to, and above, the series of interconnected rails. The pusher dog may be engaged to the chain and may be designed to directly engage hangers and push them along the series of interconnected rails.

Abstract: A system for cleaning the floor of a self-unloading trailer of residual particulate material comprises in combination with moving slats of a typical self-unloading trailer three rails each fashioned to be attached to the top of a slat, and a wedge-shaped sweeper having skates on a lower portion to ride along said rails. The sweeper rides along the rails by means of skate assemblies having pawls which may ratcheting along teeth formed in the rails as the sweeper moves rearwardly in the trailer. A control system sends signals to a motor contained within the sweeper to engage and disengage the pawls, and to a winch to draw the sweeper back to a starting position following operation.

Abstract: A drag conveyor for particulate material is provided with an upwardly-curved bend section for conveying the material with paddles mounted on a continuous chain from a first level to a second, higher level. The paddles are provided with angled portions on opposite sides thereof which, together with the bottom of the trough of the conveyor and correspondingly angled portions of the conveyor above the trough, confine the paddles while traveling through the bend section. The angled portions of the paddles constitute a bearing surface in cooperation with the angled portions of the conveyor in the inside curvature of the bend section to maintain chain tension and keep the paddles in self-cleaning contact with the trough bottom.

Abstract: A drag conveyor consists of a uniquely-configured trough and correspondingly-shaped outer edges of chain-driven paddles which enable the trough construction to provide physical support for a return run of the chain. The cross-sectional shape of the trough further restricts the paddles from tending toward lifting above the trough bottom and climbing or twisting as they carry material toward the outlet end of the conveyor. The paddle shape results in a self-cleaning conveyor, even enabling handling of materials heretofore not feasible with conventional U-shaped trough conveyors. Elimination of obstructing idler sprockets and cross shafts of the prior art enables a productivity increase of as much as 15% for the same designated size of conveyor.

Abstract: A disc for a conveying apparatus for particulate or powder material is described. The disc comprises at least two body portions which, in use, may be joined about a driving ferrule which is operably engaged with a rope of the conveying apparatus, the at least two portions when joined defining an internal cavity in which the ferrule is received wherein the cavity includes a generally transversely disposed plate-shaped portion allowing elasticity of the cavity in the axial direction.

Abstract: A high-performance chain scraper conveyor is equipped with symmetrical channel belts and with a chain conveyor which can turn around corresponding axles so that in combination with the corresponding shape of the channel belts a considerably longer life and higher capacity can be achieved. The ends of the individual channel belts are equipped with overlap tongues and abutting areas across the entire width of the channel diagonally to the transport direction so that the result is an extremely quiet, highly efficient operation. The unit, therefore, is clearly more economical. Channel and herringbone chain conveyors are fully symmetrical over three axles. This means they can be turned separately or together and have at least twice the life of customary chain scraper conveyors. FIG. 3 is to be used for publication.

Abstract: A pipe conveyor comprising a conveyor pipe 1, a plurality of blades 2 each having a similar sectional configuration to that of the pipe 1, and an endless link chain 3 for linking the blades 2 at suitable intervals and capable of circulating, substances delivered into the pipe 1 being conveyed by the blades 2 which are moved within the pipe 1 in accordance with the circulation of the endless link chain 3, wherein each of the blades 2 comprises an elastic blade 21 having an outer diameter generally equal to or smaller than an inner diameter of the pipe 1, and a curved disc 22 secured to a rear surface of the elastic blade 21 and adapted to support the same.

Abstract: An improved combine feeder assembly including a conveyor and a feeder housing which envelopes the conveyor. The conveyor is comprised of a plurality of endless driving chains and a plurality of feeder slats driven by the chains. Each feeder slat is secured at opposite ends to the chains by connectors allowing for endwise movement of the feeder slats in response to impact loading thereagainst. Moreover, each feeder slat has an outer profile providing an extended reach at the center of the slat as compared to the reach provided toward opposite ends. The feeder housing preferably includes a bottom wall configured to compliment the outer profile of the feeder slats and enhance combine operation.

Abstract: A chain scraper conveyor having at least one conveyor chain circulating in the conveyor includes drivers which are secured to the chain and which extend from both sides thereof. The drivers include guides that are received in trough channels adjacent the bottom plate of the conveyor. Rollers are provided to support the drivers and to reduce friction.

Abstract: A driver for a chain conveyor which is adapted to run in a conveyor trough which has side guide walls comprises a driver arm portion having outer side edges which terminate in a polygonal pin portion which tapers inwardly in lateral and longitudinal directions toward its outer end. A guide shoe has an inner side face with a recess into which the pin portion of the arm extend and the guide shoe is pivotally supported on the arm pin portion by a pin or sleeve element. The guide shoe includes an inwardly extending nose portion which rides between side edges of a U-shaped recess of the arm portion. Surfaces of the nose portion and the U-shaped recess of the arm defining recesses and stops for limiting the pivotal movement of the shoe.

Abstract: A chain drag conveyor kit for converting a screw conveyor, of the type having a main trough with a semi-circular bottom and substantially flat cover, to a chain drag conveyor. The kit includes a pair of sprocket boxes dimensioned for assembly on the respective ends of the main trough and having mutually aligned sprockets therein including a drive sprocket. An endless drag chain is trained about the sprockets. The drag chain has conveyor flights secured at spaced intervals, the flights each having a semi-circular edge conforming to the bottom of the main trough and having a straight edge. A relatively shallow auxiliary trough of rectangularly U-shaped cross section is nested into the main trough, the auxiliary trough forming a return guide surface for the straight edges of the flights on the upper run of chain. A series of clamps along the edges of the cover hold the assembly together.

Abstract: A vibratory cleaning apparatus applies ultrasonic energy to component parts or workpieces directly resting on a vibrator surface. The surface forms part of a conveying arrangement that moves the parts as they are cleaned. Conveyance of the parts during their vibratory cleaning provides control of the time of cleaning. In various embodiments, the conveying arrangement can be an inclined plate or surface which is the vibration imparting member, an endless conveyor through which vibrations are conducted, or a wiper driven across a vibratory plate to move the workpieces thereon. The cleaning apparatus is suitable for large scale cleaning of production line parts or individual work bench application. In preferred embodiments, a further conveying arrangement automatically delivers the parts from the bath in which the ultrasonic transducer is located.

Abstract: The invention is an improved conveyor apparatus for unloading bulk material from bulk material transportation systems, such as railcars. The conveyor apparatus is provided with a housing that is waterproof to the atmosphere and tight internally against dust leakage from conveyed materials, the housing enclosing a motor-driven continuous chain having segmented Z-shaped flights attached to the chain. Two different materials can be unloaded by the present apparatus, one such material on each side of the segmented flights. The present apparatus is also capable of conveying bulk material at any angle between 0 and 90.degree. from the point of entry of said material into the apparatus, and between 0.degree. and 45.degree. from the point of entry of the materials into the apparatus when the mixing of dissimilar conveyed materials (i.e. contamination) is to be prevented.

Abstract: Disclosed is apparatus for conveying asphalt concrete materials from a loading station to a dispensing section of a road resurfacing machine. The conveying apparatus is provided with a loading area for receiving asphalt concrete mixtures and conveying the mixtures first in one direction for a short distance over a fixed platform from which it falls to a trough where the mixtures ae moved in the opposite direction along the bottom of the trough by a lower conveyor flight comprising a plurality of spaced apart bar elements associated with the conveyor.

Abstract: A drag conveyor consists of a uniquely-configured trough and correspondingly-shaped outer edges of chain-driven paddles which enable the trough construction to provide physical support for a return of the chain. The cross-sectional shape of the trough further restricts the paddles from tending toward lifting above the trough bottom and climbing or twisting as they carry material toward the outlet end of the conveyor. The paddle shape results in a self-cleaning conveyor, even enabling handling of materials heretofore not feasible with conventional U-shaped trough conveyors. Elimination of obstructing idler sprockets and cross shafts of the prior art enables a productivity increase of as much as 15% for the same designated size of conveyor.