Material handling apparatus and means to impart vibratory forces thereto
Abstract
Abstract A MATERIAL HANDLING APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING MATERIAL ALONG A LONGITUDINAL PATH INCLUDING CONVEYOR MEANS SUPPORTED BY A PLURALITY OF SPACED INCLINED MEMBERS AND MEANS TO ACTUATE OR IMPART VERTICAL AND LONGITUDINAL FORCE COMPONENTS TO MATERIAL BEING CONVEYED ALONG SAID PATH. ACTUATING MEANS INCLUDES A RESILIENT MEMBER, SUCH AS A FLEXIBLE DRIVEN LEAF HAVING AN ECCENTRIC CONNECTION TO A DRIVEN ROTATABLE SHAFT AND HAVING A TRANSVERSE CONNECTION TO THE ADJACENT INCLINEDSUPPORT MEMBER. THE DRIVEN ROTATABLE SHAFT MAY BE MOUNTED ON A BASE FRAME MEANS OR MAY BE FLOTABLY MOUNTED FROM THE CONVEYOR MEANS, THE APPARATUS INCLUDING A STABILIZING MEANS CARRIED BY THE CONVEYOR MEANS FOR THE FLOTATABLY MOUNTED ROTATABLE SHAFT.
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- 👤 Lee B Holman
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