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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8028823 | Stacked attachments for modular conveyor belts A detachable stacked attachment for a modular conveyor belt. An attachment, for example, a bucket, comprises a group of components arranged side by side in an aligned stack of parallel layers. Interior components are sandwiched between outermost and end components. ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7182202 | Conveying device for bulk material A conveying device has a support frame and a conveying member with at least two driven conveying belts that circulate in parallel to one another and with a conveying fabric having at least one support surface and being arranged between the at least two conveying bel... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7051869 | Beaded conveyor belt The beads of a beaded conveyor belt for a curve conveyor are constituted by a number of bead constituting bodies (2b) that are disposed over the entire periphery of the outer surface along the outer peripheral edge of a belt main body (2a... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6974022 | Beaded conveyor belt The beads of a beaded conveyor belt for a curve conveyor are constituted by a number of bead constituting bodies (2b) that are disposed over the entire periphery of the outer surface along the outer peripheral edge of a belt main body (2a... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6695127 | Bucket for a bucket elevator A bucket is provided for a bucket elevator of the type including a plurality of buckets supported on an endless belt. Each bucket is in the form of a container having an open top end which includes a plurality of spacer elements molded integrally on the b... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6457576 | Continuous cable conveyor for steep and substantially vertical up-and-down transport of bulk and fluid materials at great transport heights The invention relates to a continuous cable conveyor for steep and substantially vertical up-and-down transport, preferably of bulk materials up to extreme transport height which can reach approximately 1,000 m. The transport line is made of extremely res... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6398011 | Conveyor with supporting device for a goods container The conveyor according to the invention provides a supporting device for goods containers positioned in the rear part of an inclined surface of the conveyor. The supporting device provides a supporting surface that can be moved vertically and horizontally... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6068109 | Sorting arrangement, in particular for items of post A sorting apparatus is disclosed which includes a plurality of carriers which circulate from an upper section of a conveying device to a lower section of the conveying device. The carriers are secured to circulating carriages that are driven by an endless... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6024209 | Two-part cleats A cleat for a conveyor belt, particularly for a vertical conveyor, with a cleat foot 2 attachable to the support side of the conveyor belt, and in which at least one anchoring member 5 is incorporated, and with a cleat section 1 forming a transverse wall ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5848683 | Bucket conveyor chain An improved bucket conveyor chain that uses a series of plate type lines 3 connected together at adjacent ends by a bars 5 and 9. Ropes 11 are connected to the bars 5 and 9 to protect the chain from breaking in half in case of damage. The bars 5 and 9 are... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5660266 | Pocket belt conveyor A pocket belt conveyor is indicated which comprises an endless traction member (1) guided around drive pulleys (2), deviator pulleys (4), and deflection pulleys (6) and including at least two spaced apart supporting belts (8, 10) having between them a plu... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5526922 | High lift bucket A belt type conveyor includes buckets which include front and rear forward angling walls for nesting. The front walls act as a retaining wall and a pour chute for discharging material at the correct time and location. The buckets may also include rear por... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5469957 | Bucket conveyor chain An improved bucket conveyor chain that uses a series of metal plate type links 3 connected together at adjacent ends by a pair of bars 5. The bars 5 also hold adjacent plates up off the wheel's 1 driving surface, they also provide a surface for attaching ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5143203 | Granular material transfer apparatus A conveyor/elevator for moving bulk granular materials from a first location, at a designated height, to a second location, at an elevated height. The apparatus includes an endless conveyor web which is tensioned and has oppositely facing elevating and re... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4987828 | Inductive heating apparatus for cooking thin dishes such as omelets, quiches or the like The apparatus comprises an endless conveyor band (2) of insulating material on which are mounted at even distances apart receptacles (7) composed of a metal adapted to receive separate portions of a dish to be cooked and inductors (10a, 10b) disposed belo... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4937956 | Ocean floor dredging A system of ocean floor dredging comprises a first vessel, two rotatable rollers on the vessel, a third roller lying on the ocean floor, and an endless net extending around the three rollers.... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4927004 | Feeder In order to improve the accuracy of spacing, direction and velocity, a feeder for feeding discrete objects one by one has a belt which circulates at a controlled speed. The belt carries a series of buckets formed by four flaps which are normally closed bu... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4877124 | Conveyor system and method for transporting materials The present invention is directed to a conveyor belt system for transporting materials by directly driving a conveyor belt. A plurality of continuous cables are disposed generally parallel one to the other. A continuous conveyor belt is disposed between t... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4869361 | Collecting device for polyethylene-sheet calendar manufacturing machine A collecting device for polyethylene-sheet calendar manufacturing machines including a supporting plate having horizontal upper and lower plates, a pair of rollers disposed adjacent to the supporting plate, a belt disposed on and driven by the rollers and... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4832182 | Bulk materials handling machine having a tractor drive An endless loop tractor drive mechanism has equally spaced pushers meshing with a bucket train where its filled circular buckets are traveling along a substantially straight ascending path to a dumping support wheel. Wire rope cables or other flexible ten... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4799584 | Drive mechanism for bucket elevators A bucket type elevator having a head pulley and a boot pulley with a belt entrained about both pulleys is hydraulically driven. The drive mechanism comprises a hydraulic motor mounted in the boot pulley. It is connected, via flexible hydraulic lines, to a... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4796748 | Continuous bucket conveyor system A continuous bucket conveyor/elevator is provided which comprises a series of buckets mounted on at least one endless cable. The cable or cables and attached buckets are urged forward by means of an adjacent driving mechanism, such as, a pneumatic or hydr... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4770288 | Belt-type bucket elevator A belt-type bucket elevator in which each bucket is connected to the belt by two movable fastenings arranged one behind the other in conveying direction. Each bucket is divided into front and rear bucket portions along a dividing plane extending between t... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4766994 | Conveyor system and method for transporting materials The present invention is directed to a conveyor belt system for transporting materials by directly driving a conveyor belt. This is accomplished by directly driving a plurality of clips attached at their inner end to the belt and securedly coupled at thei... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4506781 | Self training belt conveyor with digging elements An endless belt with bottomless buckets or other gripping elements bolted to its outer surface at spaced locations, has endless wire ropes each loosely received in a longitudinal bore formed in confronting faces of two rows of discrete blocks of resilient... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4503971 | Conveying plant A conveying plant in which a bucket-type conveying belt has along its opposite longitudinal edges, which are transversely spaced apart, successions of pairs of blocks which form guide rails for the conveyor. The blocks can clamp over steep stretches of th... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4475647 | Rope bucket elevator A rope bucket elevator has a drive with at least one drum, a transport part having a rope member, a plurality of buckets attached to said rope member, and a plurality of clamp members each connecting a respective one of the bucket members with the rope me... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4325478 | Transport belt intended for transporting products at a high temperature, and a transport means equipped with this belt A transport belt for a conveyor or bucket conveyor especially for transporting products whose temperature exceeds 200° C. is provided wherein a flexible belt carries on its outer face a metal carrier means adapted to receive or pick up the hot products w... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4248340 | Detachable conveyor bucket A conveyor bucket and bracket assembly in which the bucket is attachable and separable from the bracket without the use of screws, bolts or other fasteners.... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4227609 | Bucket conveyor A bucket conveyor comprises a drive pulley and at least one guide pulley with endless traction cable means engaged over the guide pulley and the drive pulley. A bucket member or a conveyor trough has an axle thereon on each side and with a pulley on the a... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4226035 | Apparatus for continuously dredging submarine mineral deposit An apparatus for continuously dredging submarine mineral deposit comprising plural pairs of pulleys, each of which is pivoted coaxially at a preset distance. Plural pairs of specific endless ropes are adapted to be brought into contact with said pulleys a... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4200184 | Bottomless bucket for hoist conveyors The buckets used for producing hoist conveyor devices according to the invention comprise at their upper and lower edges reinforcing means for the purpose of improving the rigidity of the wall of said buckets, which walls include laterally a greater conve... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4032001 | Detachable conveyor bucket apparatus A detachable conveyor bucket apparatus attached to an endless conveyor belt. The apparatus used with a plurality of buckets to quickly detach and mount the buckets on the conveyor belt used in transferring grain in a grain elevator.... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4019625 | Bucket conveyor A bucket conveyor has buckets which are supported by transverse elements extending between two conveyor belts, each conveyor bucket being connected to the neighboring bucket at the transverse element but without pivotal movement between the buckets at thi... | 04/26/1977 |
| 3987307 | Particulate material powered prime mover There is disclosed a prime motive means powered by the tailings of mines, the crushed material emanating from quarries and/or the earth removed in strip mining operations. The system takes advantage of the fact that in any mine-like operation a relatively... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3955294 | Elevator apparatus for towed deep-sea particle harvester An elevator apparatus for emptying a towed deep-sea particle harvesting sled is disclosed. The sled is towed over the bottom surface of a deep-sea ocean bed by a strip. The strip is connected at its lower end to the sled, at its upper end to the vessel, a... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3943644 | Mining dredge having endless bucket conveyor and flexible guide train A device for mining the bottom of a body of water for ores and minerals, having a flexible combined guide train and conveying train assembly suspended between a drive unit on board a ship and a receiving unit. The latter is towed along the bottom, so as t... | 03/16/1976 |
