Conveyor

Claim 1

A CONVEYOR COMPRISING A CONVEYOR TROUGH HAVING A ROUNDED BOTTOM OVER THE MAJOR PORTION OF WHICH MATERIAL IS ADAPTED TO BE CONVEYED AND SPACED UPRIGHT SIDES, A LATERALLY ELONGATED CONVEYOR FLIGHT OF GENERALLY PLANAR FORM DISPOSED PERPENDICULAR TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TROUGH OVER THE MAJOR PORTION THEREOF AND HAVING A ROUNDED LOWER EDGE CONFORMING WITH THE BOTTOM OF SAID TROUGH, THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID CONVEYOR FLIGHT HAVING A RECESS DEFINED BY INNER SIDE EDGES DISPOSED IN PARALLEL RELATION, A CONVEYOR CHAIN OPERABLE LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN SAID TROUGH AND DISPOSED WITHIN SAID RECESS IN SAID FLIGHT AND ATTACHED TO SAID FLIGHT, THE INNER SIDE EDGES OF SAID FLIGHT RECESS BEING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CHAIN AND EXTENDING INWARDLY OF SAID CHAIN, SAID FLIGHT HAVING HORIZONTAL EDGES EXTENDING FROM THE INNER ENDS OF THE SIDE EDGES OF THE FLIGHT RECESS NORMAL TO SAID SIDE EDGES AND TO THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE ROUNDED LOWER EDGE OF THE FLIGHT, EACH OF SAID HORIZONTAL EDGES OF SAID FLIGHT EXTENDING LATERALLY IN AMOUNT GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF THE FLIGHT RECESS WHEREBY THE FLIGHT AREA AND CONVEYING CAPACITY OF THE CONVEYOR ARE INCREASED PARTICULARLY WITH MATERIALS WHICH OTHERWISE WOULD ROLL OR PASS BACK IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE MATERIAL IS INTENDED TO BE CONVEYED.