Conveyor for handling pulverized uranium

Claim 1

A CONVEYOR OF THE KIND DESCRIBED FOR HANDLING PULVERIZED URANIUM COMPRISING AN ELONGATED OPEN ENDED SUBSTANTIALLY TUBULAR CONVERYOR HOUSING, SUPPORTING MEANS FOR SAID HOUSING DEPENDING THEREFROM ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, A HOUSING ENCLOSING HEAD DETACHABLY ENGAGED ON THE ENDS OF SAID HOUSING, ROTATABLE SHAFTS TRANSVERSELY OF SAID HOUSING ADJACENT SAID ENDS THEREOF, A SPROCKET SECURED ON EACH OF SAID SHAFTS INTERMEDIATE THE LENGTH THEREOF, AN ENDLESS CONVEYOR MEMBER TRAINED LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID HOUSING ENGAGING SAID SPROCKERS, A PLURALITY OF OUTWARDLY EXTENDING ATTACHMENT LUGS ON SAID CONVEYOR, SCRAPER BLADES IN SAID HOUSING TRANSVERSELY THEREOF, ELONGATED LONGITUDINALLY BOWED SPRINGS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID LUGS AND SAID BLADES, SAID SPRINGS RESILIENTLY SUPPORTING SAID BLADES AND CONSTANTLY URGING SAID BLADES OUTWARDLY TO MAINTAIN CONTACT OF SAID BLADES WITH SAID HOUSING, MEANS EXTERNALLY OF SAID HOUSING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID SHAFTS FOR EFFECTING THE ROTATION THEREOF, A MATERIAL ENTRANCE OPENING THROUGH A WALL OF SAID HOUSING THROUGH WHICH MATERIAL MAY BE PASSED INTO SAID HOUSING, ONE OF SAID HEADS ON ONE END OF SAID HOUSING PROVIDED WITH A MATERIAL DISCHARGE OPENING FROM WHICH THE MATERIAL MAY BE DISCHARGED, STEPPED INCLINED KNOCKING MEMBERS IN SAID ONE END ADJACENT SAID DISCHARGE OPENING PROGRESSIVELY ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SCRAPER BLADES FOR KNOCKING SAID MATERIAL THEREFROM.