Conveyor for handling bulk materials

Claim 1

AN ELEVATOR ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) A SUPPORT; (B) TWO PAIRS OF COAXIALLY ROTATABLE PULLEY MEMBERS MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT IN VERTICALLY SPACED RELATIONSHIP; (C) ELONGATED CARRIER MEANS TRAINED OVER SAID PULLEY MEMBERS IN A CLOSED LOOP HAVING TWO VERTICALLY SPACED PORTIONS RESPECTIVELY ADJACENT SAID PAIRS OF PULLEY MEMBERS; (D) DRIVE MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CARRIER MEANS IN SAID LOOP; (E) A PLURALITY OF APPROXIMATELY CUP-SHAPED BUCKETS MOUNTED ON SAID CARRIER MEANS AND HAVING RESPECTIVE OPENINGS DIRECTED TOWARD THE INSIDE OF SAID LOOP; (F) MEANS DEFINING A DOWNWARDLY CLOSED RECEPTACLE AT THE LOWER ONE OF SAID LOOP PORTIONS, SAID OPENINGS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID RECEPTACLE DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER MEANS IN SAID LOOP; (G) ROTARY SHOVEL MEANS ADJACENT SAID RECEPTACLE FOR SHOVELING A BULK MATERIAL INTO SAID RECEPTACLE AND (H) DISCHARGE MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING SAID BULK MATERIAL FROM SAID BUCKETS AT THE HIGHER ONE OF SAID LOOP PORTIONS, (1) SAID DISCHARGE MEANS INCLUDING A DEFLECTOR MEMBER HAVING AN AXIS, SAID DEFLECTOR MEMBER BEING MOUNTED BETWEEN THE PULLEY MEMBERS ADJACENT SAID HIGHER LOOP PORTION AND TAPERING IN AN AXIAL DIRECTION FROM ONE TOWARD THE OTHER OF THE LAST-MENTIONED PULLEY MEMBERS, (2) A PLURALITY OF VANES ANGULARLY SPACED ON SAID DEFLECTOR MEMBER ABOUT THE AXIS THEREOF, SAID VANES DEFINING AXIALLY EXTENDING CHANNELS THEREBETWEEN, (3) SAID OTHER PULLEY MEMBER BEING FORMED WITH OPENINGS RESPECTIVELY COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CHANNELS.