John Jerome Harrell

US Patent:

44934130, Jan 15, 1985

Filed:

Jan 25, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/342434

Inventors:

John C. Harrell - Suffolk VA

International Classification:

B65G 1736

US Classification:

198708

Abstract:

A bucket conveyor assembly includes both a bucket endless conveyor and a cover endless conveyor, with the cover endless conveyor being located inside a horizontal section of the bucket endless conveyor. The cover endless conveyor is driven so that covers (40) mounted on its lower flight are superimposed with gaps (44) between buckets (24) mounted on the bucket conveyor at a loading zone (26). Material to be loaded into the buckets is gravity-fed between the top and bottom flights (36A and B) of both the bucket endless conveyor and the cover endless conveyor and dropped into bottom-flight buckets (24) through the bottom-flight covers (40). The covers have an unsymmetrical inverted V-shape, with the leading side (46) of the V being on a steeper angle than the trailing side (48) of the V. A bucket tipping bar (58) tilts each of the buckets forwardly while materials are still moving from the covers (40) into the buckets (24) and then a ramp (60) controls the rate at which the buckets return to their normal attitudes. One embodiment (FIG.

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LIBERTY

Year:

2009

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LEXUS

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RX 350

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2007