A conveyor for moving solids comprising an elongated shell mounted in a horizontal position, said shell being divided in two distinct shell sections, the first section having a shell diameter less than the second section, inlet means in said first shell section, and outlet means in said second section, a helical flight assembly on a shaft rotatably and coaxially mounted within said shell, means for rotating said shaft about its major axis, said flights in the first shell section having a pitch e...

A conveyor arrangement for conveying containers intermittently so that the containers may be filled and emptied in sequence. A chain and sprocket drive operates in the plane of conveyance and furnishes the driving force for conveying the containers. The containers are attached to the sprocket chain, through clip members, and slide along tubular rails situated in a plane parallel to the chain and sprocket drive. Upright post members distributed along the conveying path support a guidance rail whi...

A conveyor of the type which comprises at least one goods-supporting beam movably arranged in a track or guideway which extends in a fixed support surface along the conveying path and which is adapted to be passed with its goods-supporting surface above said stationary support surface in the conveying direction and beneath said stationary support surface in the opposite direction.

An apparatus is provided for distributing a comminuted material, especially tree bark, over a moving surface in a substantially uniform depth comprising a bin, drag bars which discharge the material from the bin and a ratchet assembly responsive to the depth of material on the moving surface for determining the rate at which the drag bars are moved.

A conveyor for simultaneously rotating and advancing cylindrical articles, such as lengths of pipe along a predetermined path of movement. Rollers having substantially spherical surfaces are mounted in two spaced parallel rows with the planes of rotation of the rollers in each row being parallel to each other. Roller drive is by a cylindrical member rotating on a fixed axis engaging the two rows of rollers from below, while the conveyed pipe lies in the trough formed by the two rows of rollers. ...

A conveyor chain for conveyor cars and the like having a plurality of rollers for engagement with guide rails for the chain and a plurality of members carried by the chain having at least one substantially flat surface extending laterally of the chain adapted to be engaged by a chain driving member.

A conveyor for foil strip in which the edges of the strip are held by clamps as it moves along the conveyor.

A conveyor for conveying workpieces comprising a rectilinear housing having a longitudinal axis, a rear or loading end and a front or unloading end, a plurality of equidistantly spaced apart forwarding members each mounted pivotally in the housing, each forwarding member having a rearward facing stop surface and a forwardly inclined transportation surface extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis along which workpieces are conveyed, the pivotal mounting of said forwarding members...

A conveying mechanism for conveying articles such as bottles or cans. The conveyor is fabricated from a series of modular sections connected together in a manner to provide precise alignment of the endless conveyor chains. The endless conveyor chain is guided for movement on flexible plastic wear strips which are snapped into position on the guide tracks.

An accumulating transfer conveyor comprising a series of live rollers driven by an endless drive member having one side in frictional contact with said rollers adjacent one end thereof. A pair of pads are secured to the other side of the endless drive member at equally spaced-apart distances. As the pads move along with the drive member, they engage detent means which snub the pads and the underlying drive member radially against the rollers to increase the frictional contact between the endless...