Conveyor assembly for conveyor driven equipment

Claim 1

IN CONVEYOR DRIVEN EQUIPMENT OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED, A CONVEYOR INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED ENDLESS CONVEYOR CHAINS MOVABLE ALONG A VERTICAL PATH, A PLURLAITY OF CARRIERS HAVING OPPOSITE ENDS ARRANGED BETWEEN SAID SPACED CONVEYOR CHAINS, MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID CARRIERS TO SAID CONVEYOR CHAINS TO TRANSMIT MOTION OF THE CONVEYOR TO THE CARRIERS, SAID INTERCONNECTING MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST AND A SECOND LINKAGE MEANS FOR EACH CARRIER AT ONE END OF SAID CARRIERS AND CONNECTED TO THE CARRIERS AND TO ONE OF SAID CONVEYOR CHAINS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND LINKAGE MEANS EACH CARRYING A PORTION OF THE WEIGHT OF THE CARRIERS AND SUBJECTED TO COMPRESSION AND TENSION FORCES, SAID FIRST LINKAGE MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF ARMS PIVOTALLY JOINED AT ADJACENT ENDS BY A PIVOTAL CONNECTION SECURED TO THE SAID ONE OND OF THE CARRIERS, THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID PAIR OF ARMS BEING ATTACHED AT SPACED POINTS ON SAID ONE CONVEYOR CHAIN, EACH OF SAID ARMS BEING SUBJECTED TO EITHER A COMPRESSION FORCE OR A TENSION FORCE AND EXERTING A FORCE ON ITS POINT OF ATTACHMENT TO SAID ONE CONVEYOR CHAIN, SAID SECOND LINKAGE MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF SECOND ARMS JOINED AT ADJACENT ENDS BY A PIVOTAL CONNECTION ENGAGING THE CARRIER, THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID PAIR OF SAID SECOND ARMS BEING ATTACHED AT SPACED POINTS ON SAID ONE CONVEYOR CHAIN, EACH OF SAID SECOND ARMS BEING SUBJECTED TO EITHER A COMPRESSION FORCE OR A TENSION FORCE AND EXERTING A FORCE ON ITS POINT OF ATTACHMENT TO SAID ONE CONVEYOR CHAIN, THE ADJACENT ARMS OF SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND LINKAGE MEANS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL CARRIER HAVING UNLIKE FORCES EXERTED THEREON AND HAVING A COMMON POINT OF ATTACHMENT TO SAID CONVEYOR CHAIN FOR THOSE ARMS.