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Class Number: 198
Class Title: CONVEYORS: POWER-DRIVEN
Subclass Subclass
Number Title
300 CONVEYING APPARATUS ENTIRELY SUPPORTED BY MOBILE GROUND ENGAGING
MEANS
301 .Condition responsive control means for vehicle or conveyer
302 .Retractable ground wheel
303 .Including three relatively movable interconnected wheel or
track equipped vehicles
304 .Dirigible vehicle
305 ..Pulling winch on vehicle
306 .Ground wheel lockable in transverse or longitudinal position on
vehicle
307.1 .Bucket conveyor
308.1 .Shovel or tine pushable under load
309 .Support slidable on ground
310 .Conveyer driven by motion of ground-engaging element
311 .Including gravity conveyer section or bin with driven conveyer
312 .Conveyer shiftably mounted on vehicle
313 ..Contractible or foldable conveyer section
314 ..Separate conveyers serially arranged on single vehicle
315 ..Power means for shifting conveyer
316.1 ...Fluid-actuated ram
317 ..Horizontally swingable conveyer
318 ..Vertically swingable conveyer
319 ...Means for maintaining conveyer-drive motor support in level
position
320 ...Winch-operated shifting mechanism
321 CONVEYER OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR SPECIALIZED TO CONVEY PEOPLE
322 .With means to control the operation of the section
323 ..By means responsive to an unsafe operating characteristic of
the system
324 .With means to facilitate passenger entry or exit
325 ..By support having interdigitating members (e.g., comb plate,
etc.)
326 .By stairway having steps forming an endless member
327 ..Having hinged plates forming steps
328 ..Trained about vertical axis or axes
329 ..With means allowing tensioning of the endless member
330 ..With drive means
331 ...With means synchronizing the operation of the steps and a
handrail
332 ..With paired track step levelers
333 ..With specified step structure
334 .By support means having a zone of varying speed
335 .Moving hand-support structure
336 ..With handrail tensioning means
337 ..Specific handrail configuration
338 ..Handrail guard
339.1 WITH MEANS TO FACILITATE WORKING, TREATING, OR INSPECTING
CONVEYED LOAD AT A STATION
340 .Having signalling or load identifying means
341 .Condition responsive control of conveyer or station apparatus
343.1 .Load supporting conveyor portion is retarded or stopped
with load at station without being disconnected from remainderr
of continuously moving conveyer
343.2 ..Load supporting conveyor portion is movably secured to
conveyor drive
345.1 .Means engaging conveyor or load on a conveyor to align
load for working
345.2 ..Means engages conveyor to fix conveyor position relative
to station
345.3 ...Means engages a conveyor portion (i.e., pallet) which is
separable from the conveyor drive to fix the position of said
conveyor portion
346 .Static means for supporting load or workman adjacent conveyer
for operation on load
346.1 .Means to convey a palleted load back and forth between an
initial location and the work station
346.2 .Means to transfer a load back and forth between the
mainline conveyor and the work station
346.3 .Conveyor(s) lowers the load to at least one of a plurality
of fixed work stations
347.1 CONVEYOR SYSTEM HAVING AUXILIARY SECTION FOR STORING ITEMS
MOVING BETWEEN SOURCE AND DESINATION
347.2 .Auxiliary section has the same entrance and exit
347.3 ..Auxiliary section has a reversibly driven conveyor for
bidirectional article movement
347.4 .Plural laterally spaced, same direction auxiliary paths
348 CONVEYER ARRANGEMENT FOR SELECTING AMONG PLURAL SOURCES OR
DESTINATIONS
357 .Condition responsive control means to prevent collision on
merging conveyors
358 .Condition responsive control means including sensing condition
of source or destination
349 .With selection responsive to means containing or introducing
changeable operating instructions
349.1 ..By synchronously moving signal carrier distinct from
conveyer
349.2 ...Moving at different velocity than conveyer
349.3 ....Rotary signal carrier
349.4 .....Magnetic means on rotary carrier stores code
349.5 ..Using central memory to store code until article is
discharged
349.6 ...Memory stores plural sources or destinations
349.7 ....Inventory also in memory
349.8 ....Material detector indexes code
349.9 .....Plural, longitudinally spaced, material detectors
index code
349.95 ....Conveyer detector indexes code
350 ..By magnetic means
351 ..By selectively positioned abutment means
352 ...Having plural abutments arranged in a specific pattern
353 ...Having support means slidably mounting abutment means
354 ...Having an abutment support containing a plurality of abutment
receiving means
355 ..By repositionable contact or switch actuator
359 .With gravity-conveying means
360 ..By movably mounted, load-supporting, gravity section
361 ...By repositionable idler roll or rollway
362 .By directing the load to or from a conveying section from or to
selected sources or destinations
363 ..By proportioning the feed from multiple sourcess
364 ..By moving a load directing means along the length of the
section
365 ..By discharging from a section including independently movable
load supporting portions
366 ..By selecting one of a plurality of supply or discharge paths
367 ...By material-diverting means placed across the load path
367.1 ....Material diverted by plural, successive gates
367.2 ....Plural, manually manipulated gate actuators
368 ...By a selectively movable stop means
369 ...By means connecting the system with a normally spaced path
370 ..By loading or unloading section at selected one of a plurality
of preestablished locations along the length thereof
371 ...By reversibly driving the section
372 ..By shifting the load from the section
373 CONVEYER FOR CHANGING ATTITUDE OF ITEM RELATIVE TO CONVEYED
DIRECTION
374 .By optionally facing successive items according to a
predetermined recurring cycle
375 .By actuating item-holder relative to holder-carrying conveyer
376 ..With holder-actuating means responsive to item-sensing means
377 ..Holder carried by orbiting conveyer
378 ...Holder or conveyer moves intermittently (e.g., for "indexing"
load)
379 .By gripping item and turning item about fixed axis
380 .With pressurized fluid causing change in attitude
381 .With magnetism causing change in attitude
382 .By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to uniform
facing
383 ..Including significantly shaped portion of conveyer cooperating
with significantly shaped item to face item
384 ...Including orbiting progression of item-receiving pockets and
means moving item within pocket
385 ....By roller/finder to move item and/or fit surface indentation
on item
386 .....Roller/finder rotating about plural axes
387 ....Pockets comprise grooved, transversely disposed rollers
388 ...Including protruding portion of conveyer entering end of
slotted or hollow item
389 ...For shaped item suspended in or by shaped passageway
390 ...For shaped item fitting outline of shaped passageway
391 ...Via vibrating bowl having shaped passageway
392 ...Via rotating means having shaped passageway or exit
393 ...Including orbiting progression of item-fitting elements
passing through supply of scrambled items
394 ..By conveying an item that has a position characteristic and
rotating the item until it is positioned
395 ..With control means actuated in response to sensing of
improperly faced item
396 ..Including separating item from scrambled supply hopper
397 ...By orbiting progression of item-receiving pockets passing
through supply
398 ..By distinguishing between alternatively faced items and
conveying uniformly faced items
399 ...By turning only improperly faced items to uniform facing
400 ...By partially turning all items to uniform facing and
direction
401 .With control means for attitude-changer responsive to sensing
of itemm
402 .For inverting successive items
403 ..By means driven for inverting conveyed items
404 ...Orbiting conveyer-inverter means
405 ....Twisted-belt conveyer means
406 .For changing both the elevation and the posture of successive
items
407 ..By plural, sequentially acting conveyers
408 ..By an orbitally moving conveyer
409 ..By an oscillating or reciprocating conveyer
410 .By plural distinct occurrences of turning each successive item
411 .By conveyer and means driven for turning successive conveyed
items
412 ..By means between successive conveyer sections or conveyer
elements
413 ...By means which interdigitate with conveyer sections or
elements
414 ....By turntable which lifts, turns and lowers item(s)
415 ..By plural, unequal-speed members simultaneously contacting and
conveying items
416 .By member adjacent conveyer for contacting successive conveyed
items
417 ..Longitudinally twisted item-bounding passageway
418 CONVEYER SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING AND MOVING A GROUP OF ITEMS
418.1 .Having items discharged from plural distinct outlets into
group
418.2 ..With outlets longitudinally spaced along path of
progressively formed group
418.3 ...Superposes items within group
418.4 ..With vertically aligned outlets discharging in the same
direction and superposing items
418.5 .Having plural successive groups discharged by single
conveyer into larger group
418.6 .Having conveyer drop grouped items simultaneously onto
another conveyer
418.7 .Subdivides continuous item stream into longitudinally
spaced groups
418.8 ..By offsetting first or last article
418.9 ..And imbricates items within group
419.1 ..By item engaging stop means
419.2 ..By different speed conveyers
419.3 ...With spaced dividers on conveyer limiting group size
426 .By shifting group of items simultaneously from stream conveyer
to form a group
427 ..And distributing items of group into plural streams
428 ..By air blast or suction
429 ..By reciprocating shifter
430 ...Having oblique or orbital movement
431 .By depositing items successively from one conveyer onto group
conveyer
432 .By shifting group from row conveyer onto row conveyer
433 .By shifting group from row conveyer onto stream conveyer
434 CONVEYER SYSTEM FOR ARRANGING OR REARRANGING STREAM(S) OF ITEMS
435 .By distributing items onto vertically tiered conveyer/receiver
436 .By distributing items from one stream into plural streams
437 ..With control means responsive to sensing means
438 ..By air blast or suction diverter
439 ..By magnetic diverter
440 ..By orbiting progression of item engaging elementss
441 ...On rotating carrier (e.g., star wheel, etc.)
442 ..By interposing a guide into path of stream
443 .By queueing items from quantity source of items into stream(s)
of items
444 ..With control means responsive to sensing means
445 ..Forming plural streams
446 ...By jiggling items into streams
447 ...And merging plural streams into one stream
448 ..Merging plural streams (i.e., source) into one stream
449 ...By synchronized orbiting progression of item-engaging
elements
450 ....On rotating carrier (e.g., star wheel, etc.)
451 ...By synchronized gate(s) in paths of plural streams
452 ...By guide means in paths of streams
453 ..Via throat for restricting flow of massed items
454 ...With supplementary moving surfaces that form throat
455 ....Including retro-moving surface
456 .By laterally or vertically moving successive items in
longitudinally moving stream
457 ..To change direction of longitudinally moving stream
458 ..To respace plural streams laterally
459 .By longitudinally respacing successive items in stream
460 ..With space-control means responsive to item-sensing means
461 ..By successive conveyers having dissimilar speeds
462 ...To crowd or imbricate items in stream
463.1 CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR MOVING A SPECIFIC LOAD AS A SEPARATE
UNIT
463.2 .System includes a linear conveyor or portion thereof which
bodily shifts transversely to move a load in synchronization
with a transverse, continously operating conveyor section
463.3 .System includes linear conveyor or portion thereof which
shifts to lift or lower load before or after linearly conveying
load relative to adjacent conveyor section
463.4 .System includes gate means
463.5 ..Load obstructing gate and means for lifting load over the
obstruction
463.6 ..Plural successively operated gate means
464.1 .System includes control means responsive to sensing means
464.2 ..Responsive to load presence or obsence
464.3 ...Responsive to condition of at least one conveyor
464.4 ..Responsive to undesired condition of load
465.1 .System includes a load supported by a conveyor portion
which is separable from the conveyor drive
465.2 ..Wherein the conveyor portion moves in a closed path in
the horizontal plane only
465.3 ..Wherein the conveyor portion is supported and driven
adjacent its opposite sides by horizontally spaced drives
465.4 ..Wherein the conveyor portion supports the load below the
drive
466.1 .System includes a T-shaped or headed load suspended
between parallel conveyors directly
467.1 .System includes a rotating screw
468.01 .System includes an oscillating or reciprocating load
engaging element
468.2 ..Comprising load gripping elements
468.3 ...Gripping elements movable relative to one another to
space articles in the load
468.4 ...Suction gripping elementss
468.5 ...Magnetic or electrostatic gripping elements
468.6 ..Engaging element moves load vertically and horizontally
468.7 ...Element pushes load over nonlinear support
468.8 ..Engaging element moves load vertically only
468.9 ..Engaging element moves load horizontally in a straight
line
468.1 ...Element pushes load over separate support and has
nonlinear path of travel
468.11 ...Element pushes load over separate support and has linear
path of travel
469.1 .System includes a rotating or endless carrier with a load
engaging element
470.1 ..Comprising a load gripping element
471.1 ...Suction gripping element
472.1 ...Magnetic or electrostatic gripping element
473.1 ..Nongripping elements are adjustable or replaceable for
different sized loads
474.1 ..With means to move load engaging elements relative to
carrier
475.1 ...Whereby the load engaging component moves relative to
the carrier to maintain load in a desired position during
travel along a curved path
476.1 ...Element is shifted to discharge or receive a load
477.1 ....Element is only shifted with the load during discharge
478.1 ..Carrier rotates about a fixed axis
479.1 ...Elements push the load over a separate support
480.1 ....With a load retaining guard means
481.1 ...With load retaining guard means
482.1 ..Means mounted on the engaging element to forceably eject
the load from the element
483.1 ..Means moveable mounted inside the path of the element to
eject the load
484.1 ..Elements comprise a nongripping pair of members which
self-open as they pass through a curved path
485.1 ..Nongripping elements support the load below the endless
carrier
486.1 ...Elements are hooks
487.1 ..Nongripping elements are laterally projecting pins which
engage the interior of a hollow load
493 CONVEYER HAVING IMPINGING FLUID TO FEED, SHIFT OR DISCHARGE
LOAD; OR MEANS TO FACILITATE CLEANING OF CONVEYER; OR
STERILIZING OR LUBRICATING MEANS
494 .Having cleaning means
495 ..By fluid applying means
496 ..By conveyer contacting brush
497 ..By conveyer contacting scraper
498 ...Having a moving scraper
499 ...With scraper biasing means
500 .Having lubricating means
501 ..For rollers forming belt troughing structure
502.1 WITH ALARM RINDICATOR
502.2 .Means for measuring dimensions (height, width, or length)
of load on a conveyor
502.3 .Means for indicating position of unit load
502.4 .Means responsive to conveyor movement to indicate speed or
to actuate alarm due to abnormal speed
506 CONVEYER HAVING MEANS SPECIALIZED FOR COLLECTING A LOAD FROM A
STATIC SUPPORT (E.G., THE GROUND, ETC.))
507 .Having control means responsive to load condition or unsafe
operating condition
508 .Having means to form a pile on a static support
509 .Having buckets specialized to gather load batches
510.1 .Power-driven feed means
511 ..Having vertically adjustable feeding means
512 ..Paired feeding means
513 ...Opposite hand screws
514 ...Opposed load engaging pushers
515 ....Orbiting progressions of pusher elements
516 .....Mounted on endless carriers
517 ..Reciprocating pusher feeding means
518 ..Rotating feeding means
519 .Having means mounting conveyer for pile surface attack
520 .Self-gathering pusher
521 .By vibratory trough entrance means
522 .Having passive material collecting means
523 CONVEYER SYSTEM HAVING A GRAVITY CONVEYER SECTION
524 .Condition responsive
525 .With means to affect flow
526 ..Moving flow control means coordinated with power-driven
conveyer section
527 ...Successive power-driven conveyer sections
528 ..Power-driven conveyer section operatively engages adjustable
gravity section
529 ..Conveying element of power-driven conveyer section manipulated
to effect load discharge
530 ..Gate
531 ...Actuated by, or otherwise coordinated with, power-driven
conveyer section
532 ...In generally vertical exit path of gravity discharge material
holder
533 ..By agitating, stirring, vibrating, etc.
534 ..By retarding velocity or reducing volume
535 ..Adjustably mounted conveyer section
536 ...Section is terminal one of system
537 .With means to handle portion of load which becomes separated
from main flow path
538 .Conveyer section(s) adjustable for nonoperative purpose (e.g.,
storage, transport, etc.)
539 .Including a load-supporting bridging element (e.g., horizontal
surface) between conveyer sections
540 .Gravity discharge material holder is source of supply,
discharging by gravity to power-driven section
541 ..With at least one more gravity section therebetween
542 ...And having plural, successive power-driven sections
543 ..With at least one more successive power-driven section
544 ...Of the apron belt type
545 ...Of the screw type
546 ..Followed by at least one gravity section
547 ..Apron belt type of discharge-receiving, power-driven section
548 ..Screw type of discharge-receiving, power-driven section
549 ..Bucket type of discharge-receiving, power-driven section
550.01 .Bin having a power-driven conveyor section for discharging
or feeding discharge to a gravity or power-driven section
550.2 ..Having adjustable bin or discharge means
550.3 ..Excess material on power-driven discharge means returned
to binn
550.4 ..Power-driven discharge means feeds to a subsequent
gravity section
550.5 ..Power-driven discharge means feeds to a subsequent
power-driven section
550.6 ...Of the screw type
550.7 ...Of the bucket type
550.8 ...Of the scraper type
550.9 ...Of the apron type
550.1 ..Screw type power-driven discharge means
550.11 ..Bucket type power-driven discharge means
550.12 ..Scraper type power-driven discharge means
550.13 ..Apron type power-driven discharge means
560 .Power-driven conveyer section feeding to gravity section (i.e.,
gravity discharge material holder, or gravity flow path)
feeding in turn to another power-driven section
561 ..Gravity conveyor section fed by one run of power-driven
section, and feeding in turn to another run of the same
section
562 .Gravity conveyor section is gravity flow path feeding to
power-driven section
563 ..Followed by gravity section (i.e., gravity discharge material
holder, or gravity flow path)
564 ..Thrower type power-driven section
565 ..Plural gravity sections
566 ..Plural power-driven sections
567 ...Serially arranged
568 .Plural power-driven conveyor sections feeding to gravity
section (i.e., gravity discharge material holder, or gravity
flow path)
569 .Power-driven conveyor section feeding to plural gravity
sections (i.e., gravity discharge material holder, or gravity
flow path)
570 CONVEYING SYSTEM HAVING PLURAL POWER-DRIVEN CONVEYING SECTIONS
571 .With condition responsive control of a section
572 ..By means responsive to presence or condition of load
573 ...By overload sensing
574 .Conveyer carried by load-engaging conveyer
575 .With means controlling the interrelated operation of plural
sections
576 .With means operating successive sections in timed relation
577 .With means for altering the speed (e.g., accelerating,
decelerating, stopping,reversing, etc.) of a section
578 .Having a cyclically swingable section
579 .With means operating successive sections at different speeds
580 .Recycling load in a closed path
581 .With means allowing a section to fold upon itself
582 .With supply chamber for system
583 .With means connecting sections for quick assembly of
disassembly
584 ..By means allowing relative movement of joined sections
585 .Including tripper
586 .With relatively adjustable sections
587 ..By means mounting a section for lateral swinging movement
588 ...With means to vary the effective length of the system (e.g.,
telescoping sections
589 ...With means mounting a section to swing about a generally
horizontal axis
590 ...With yieldable side wallss
591 ...With a curved guide or support
592 ..By means mounting a section to swing about a generally
horizontal axis
593 ...With flexible means and winding drum
594 ..By means to vary the effective length of the system
595 ...By nested trough sections
596 ....With opposed gripper means
597 .Including power-driven means for laterally shifting a
conveyer-engaged load
598 ..By a revolving or pivotal member
599 .Including non-driven means for moving load relative to
conveyer
600 .Including rest for transient load
601 .Forming plural conveying paths feeding to single conveying path
or vice versa
602 .Forming a single conveying path
603 ..Superposed sections forming an ascending or descending zigzag
conveying path
604 ..Load simultaneously engaged between and moved by coacting
conveyers
605 ...With load transfer between coacting conveyers
606 ..Plural sections each formed of or including a closed flexible
loop
607 ...With elevating or lowering section
608 ..Plural rotating sections
609 ..Plural vibratory sections
610 ..Diverse sections
611 ...Having a rotating section
612 ....With load engaging element carried by the rotating section
613 .....Element retractable to disengage from load
614 ....And a reciprocating section
615 CONVERTIBLE
617 PROCESSES
618 CONVEYER SECTION
619 .Load propelled as the reactive means in a linear motor or
moving magnetic field
620 .Load simultaneously engaged between and moved by a plurality of
driven conveyer members
621 ..Reciprocating member
622 ..Oppositely moving members (e.g., doffing, etc.)
623 ..Wherein the velocities of at least two of the members are not
equal
624 ..Rotary members
625 ...Screw type
626.1 ..Opposed endless belts
626.2 ...Load is enclosed by belts
626.3 ....Having means to adjust one belt relative to the opposed
belt
626.4 .....By biasing means
626.5 ...Having adjustable belt portion
626.6 ....By biasing means
629 .Diverse
630 .Moving wave type
631 .Conveyer section or portion thereof cyclically rotates, shifts
or oscillates for a extra-conveying function
632 .Conveyer section folds to facilitate transportation or storage
of section
633 .Movement of load changed relative to conveyer movement onn
contact of load with passive means
634 ..Load responsive means or timing means controls load engaging
means
635 ..Stripper (e.g., static scraper)
636 ..Passive means causes load to move laterally of conveyer
637 ...To discharge load from conveyer
638 .Thrower
639 ..Condition responsive control
640 ..With guide or deflector for material thrown
641 ..Adjustable means to control trajectory distance or direction
642 ..Rotary
643 .Endless belt strand or chain-like member to lift viscous fluid
644 .Conveyer for signatures
657 .Screw
658 ..Including rotating load confining means (e.g., tumbler)
659 ..Including a deformable element
660 ..Including an axially adjustable helical surface formation
661 ..Having axially varying capacity
662 ..Plural helical surface formations
663 ...Separate, parallel formations supporting same load
664 ...Transversing less than 360 degrees
665 ....And reversible
666 ...Coupled end-to-end
667 ....With intermediate drive
668 ....Pivotably
669 ...Of opposite hand
670 ..With means for controlling flow or to assist conveying
671 ..With means to assist in discharging from or feeding to the
housing of the helical surface information
672 ..Including bearing means
673 ...Bearing means directly engages periphery of the helical
surface formation
674 ..Including drive means
675 ...Having reversible or variable speed
676 ..Helical surface formation structure
677 ..With means for securing helical surface formation to driving
member
678.1 .Endless conveyor having means for suspending load
679 ..Magnetic means
680 ..Means engagable with hanger to change hanger position relative
to drive means or to release load
681 ..Load directly suspended from means spanning between parallel
drive means
682 ..Having lock connection between hanger and load engaging means
683 ..Articulated drive means provided with non-load supporting
guide means
684 ..Having means interengaging articulated drive and drive means
therefor
685 ..Elongated drive means and hanger interengaging means
686 ...Strand or cable drive means connected to hanger below hanger
support means
687 ...Chain or pivotally connected members drive means connected to
hanger below hanger support means
687.1 ..Separable conveyor portion
688.1 .Having means to enhance the friction or adherence between
the conveyor and load at random locations on conveyor
689.1 ..Suction
690.1 ..Magneticc
690.2 ..Transversely extending enlongated ridge means formed on
or attached by nonmechanical means to the conveyor
691 ..Electrostatic
692 ..Impaling
693 ...Having impaled load removal assisting means
697 ..Load-engaging belt having separate load-impelling, projecting
member swingably mounted thereon
698 ..Load-engaging belt having load-impelling, projecting cross
members (e.g., slat, etc.) joined thereto by mechanical
fastening means
699 ...Belt formed of a continuous member of flexible sheet-type
material (e.g., canvas, etc.)
699.1 ..By a plurality of laterally spaced, projecting members on
the conveyor
700 .Single suspended loop
701 .Bucket
702 ..To convey liquid
703 ..Having means to facilitate loading or discharging load from
bucket
704 ...Bucket has door means to release load
705 ...Having means to engage and move load from bucket
706 ...Having means to pivot bucket relative to endless drive means
707 ..Interconnected buckets form chain
708 ..Having means to close gap between buckets
709 ..Having means to adjust tension on endless bucket carrier
710 ..Slide and guide or wheel and track means to movably support
bucket
711 ..Bucket with connection to endless band or strand-type carrier
712 ..Bucket with connection to endless chain or link-type carrier
713 ..Bucket structure
714 ...Composite
715 .Flexible pocket
716 .Flight means in conduit for lifting flowable solid material
717 .Pusher conveyer and separate load support surface
718 ..Condition responsive control
719 ..Having means to prevent damage to conveyer
720 ..Having means to recycle conveyed load
721 ..With antifriction or movable supporting surface
722 ..Rotating pusher
723 ...To move load in an arcuate path
724 ....Wherein path is helical
725 ..Endless-orbiting pusher or its load support
726 ...Coacting plural pushers in plural orbits
727 ...Pusher edge configured to load-support surface
728 ...Pusher connected to endless pusher-carrier
729 ....With carrier drive or guide means configured to pusher
730 ....Integral element forming pusher, connection and carried
link
731 ....By detachable or adjustable connection
732 ....By pivot between pusher and carrier
733 ....By connection to single carrier
734 ...Pusher-surface configuration
735.1 ...Load support, casing, shield or auxiliary attachment
735.2 ....Modules connectable end to end with no relative
movement
735.3 ....Door, casing, cover, or load supporting surface
735.4 .....Casing or load supporting floor with door
735.5 .....Removable cover overlying the conveyorr
735.6 ....Modules connected end to end permitting relative
angular positioning (e.g., due to uneven ground)
736 ..Reciprocating pusher
737 ...Plural laterally spaced alternately acting
738 ...Mounted on a carrier
739 ....Carrier has a swinging path of movement
740 ....Carrier has an orbital path of movement
741 ....Plural pushers
742 .....Oscillating about axis or axes
743 ......Axis or axes transverse to path of travel
744 .......Axis or axes below load support surface
745 ......Axis or axes perpendicular to load support surface
746 ....Pivotally mounted pusher
747 ...Pusher having linear path of movement
748 ....Moved by endless actuator
749 ...Pusher configuration
750 .Reciprocating conveying surface
751 ..With control means responsive to sensor means
752 ..Vibratory conveying member
753 ...Selectively operated to reverse direction of movement
754 ...With flexible-belt extension
755 ...With retrograde-movement preventer
756 ...Having helical path
757 ....Confined within a bowl
758 ...Coupled parts from single vibratory trough
759 ...Conveying member having support or drive
760 ....With damper for conveying member or support
761 ....With means to control load speed
762 .....By control of motor speed
763 ....Support for conveying member
764 .....Pivotal link support
765 .....Rolling contact support
766 .....With drive causing conveying member vibration
767 ......With damper for drive
768 ......By fluid means
769 ......By electromagnetic means
770 ......By unbalanced weights
771 ...Conveying member configuration
772 ..With retrograde movement preventer
773 ..Including set of alternately-acting load-support members
774.1 ...Longitudinally extending interdigitated sets (lifted by
oscillating arms, etc.)
775 ....Each set movable
776 .....Sets move through a closed-loop path
774.2 ....Load support member lifted by inclined supporting fluid
actuators
774.3 ....Load support members lifted by supporting, eccentric
cam or rotating crank drive
774.4 ....Load support members lifted by inclined supporting
surface
777 ...Including transverse pivoted sets of alternately acting
load-support members
778 .Spiral
779 .Load-supporting rolls moved about endless path
780 .Live roll
781 ..Roll drive means engages, disengages or slips responsive to
lod position or blockage
782 ..Having means to adjust position of roll relative to loadd
(i.e., vertically, horizontally, angularly, etc.)
783 ..Having intermittent, periodic, timed or programmed drive for
rolls
784 ..Arranged or having means to change load speed
785 ..Roll(s) center load on conveyer
786 ..Load moves axially of roll
787 ..Rolls causes load to travel curved path
788 ..With motor means for roll
789 ..Roll drive means
790 ...Belt drive
791 ...Gear drive
792 .Conveyer having a zone of varying speed
793 .Unit load conveying surface means moved about an endless or
rotating path
794 ..With manual, position or condition responsive drive control
797 ..Unit load conveying means maintained in uniform orientation
while transiting from one direction to another
798 ...By coacting with guide only while transiting from one
direction to another
799 ...Plural endless means support and maintain conveying surface
horizontally orientated while moving around associated but
axially displaced sprockets power-driven section
800 ...By constant engagement with guide means throughout conveying
course of travel
801 ..Conveying surface elevates load and has cantilever-type
connection with endless means
802 ..Conveying surface movable relative to path
803.01 ..Holder is removable or replaceable relative to drive
803.2 ...Holder supported and driven by horizontally spaced
drive
795 ...Each conveying surface means abbutted and pushed by
succeeding conveying surface means
803.3 ..Holder grips load
803.4 ...Relatively adjustable grippers space portion of load
803.5 ...Suction gripper
803.6 ...Magnetic or electrostatic gripper
803.7 ...Gripper portion biased to load engaging portion
803.8 ...Gripper portion made of resilient material which is self
biased into engaging position
803.9 ...Cam means moves at least one portion of the gripper to a
load engaging position
803.1 ...Gripping portions self-open as they pass through a
curved path
803.11 ..Nongripping holder is adjustable for different sized
loads
803.12 ..Holder for hollow load contacted interiorly
803.13 ..Holder formed of nongripping elements which self-open as
they pass through a curved path
803.14 ..Holder means forms recess to receive or seat load
803.15 ..Holder means forms an aperature for receiving load
803.16 .Rotary conveyor without specific locations for supporting
randomly placed articles or bulk material
804 .Endless conveyer
805 ..Magnetically guided, supported or driven
806 ..Revolvable means engaging carrier belt face automatically
skews to correct belt training deviation
807 ...With power drive (e.g., pressure cylinder or electric motor,
etc.) for skewing revolvable meanss
808 ...With revolvable means supporting belt in transversely
troughed form
809 ..Vertically shiftable belt situated between auxiliary load
supports
810 ..Condition responsive
811 ..Pressurized fluid or suction applied to carrier belt to modify
its reaction with support
812 ..Having variable conveying length
813 ..Device for tensioning belt
814 ...With spring biasing means
815 ...With counterweight
816 ...With screw adjusting means
817 ..Separate, parallel conveying reaches supporting same load
818 ..Having upwardly facing trough configuration in transverse
direction on conveying reach
819 ...Edges movable together to enclose load
820 ...Having preformed trough shape
821 ....Formed of or including a continuous member of sheet-like
material (e.g., canvas, etc.)
822 ....Formed or including transverse plates tandemly disposed
lengthwise of carrier belt
823 ...Supported in trough form by separate, unattached means
engaging carrier belt face
824 ....Roller or roller assembly
825 .....Independently rotatable rollers canted relative to each
other
826 ......Means for selectively adjusting angle between rollers to
vary carrier belt shape
827 ......Pivotally linked rollers form chain supported only at its
ends
828 ......Roller-supporting transverse frame connected to side-frame
stand
829 ......Individually cantilevered roller
830 ......Transverse frame carrying at least three transversely
spaced roller supports
831 ..Upper and lower runs of same belt travel vertically aligned,
laterally bending paths
832 ..Carrier belt drive means
832.1 ...Indexed or intermittent drive
832.2 ...Brake means to slow, stop or hold carrier belt
832.3 ....Brake means directly engages carrier belt
833 ...Carrier belt driven by contact with separate drive belt, or
connected thereto by quick-release clamp
834 ...Wheel with radial teeth-engaging carrier belt or means
connected therewith
835 ...Roller, wheel, or drum-engaging belt
836.1 ..Having load retainer or guide separate from carrier belt
836.2 ...Load retainer biases load transversely against carrier
belt
836.3 ...Laterally adjustable or yieldable guides contact load
836.4 ...Replaceable modular guides for changing the conveying
path cross-section
837 ..Support, guide, or hold-down means for carrier belt
838 ...Track which supports rollers attached to belt
839 ...Means twists carrier belt or guides it between angularly
oriented horizontal reaches
840 ...Guide exerting lateral force on nonload-supporting belt
surfacee
841 ...Means slidably supporting belt
842 ...Rotatable support or hold-down engaging non-load-carrying
face of belt
843 ....Resilient
844.1 ..Carrier belt structure
844.2 ...Connection means joins ends of sheet-like belt
845 ...Carrier belt supported or guided by rotatable means attached
thereto
846 ...Formed of or including a continuous member of sheet-like
material (e.g., canvas, etc.)
847 ....Including separate reinforcing elements or plural
sheet-formed plies
848 ...Formed of or including wire mesh, or rods hooked together at
belt edges
849 ....Link belt attached to carrier belt
850 ...Formed of or including pivotally interconnected rigid links
851 ....Separate pins interconnect links
852 .....Links pivot about mutually perpendicular axes
853 .....Links having interfitted ends
860.1 CONVEYOR FRAME OR CASING
860.2 .Modules connectable end-to-end with no relative movement
860.3 .Casing, cover, shield or load supporting surface
860.4 ..Casing with door
860.5 ..Removable cover overlying the conveyor
861.1 .Adjustable conveyor frame or casing
861.2 ..Conveyor frame or casing flexes or pivots intermediate
its ends to move one end relative to the other
861.3 ...Single horizontal pivot axis only
861.4 ..Entire conveyor pivots about horizontal and vertical
axes
861.5 ..Entire conveyor pivots about horizontal axis
861.6 ..Entire conveyor pivots about vertical axis
866 MISCELLANEOUS
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* CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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950 CONVEYER TRANSVERSES WALL APERTURE
951 TURNING CIGARETTES END-FOR-END
952 HEATING OR COOLING
953 COIL SPRING UNTANGLING APPARATUS
954 OVERFLOW
955 AIR MANIFOLD
956 IMPACT PLATES
957 CONVEYER MATERIAL
958 LOAD UNITS COUNTER
959 WEIGHING