Hanger for conveyor tubes and the like

Claim 1

A hanger for a conveyor tube, the tube comprising at least one tube section having a tube body and a radially extending flange, the tube body defining a feed drop-out aperture located at a predetermined angular position relative to the flange, the hanger defining, at its top, a series of closed attachment holes for permitting the hanger to be attached to support structure in any one of a first series of angularly displaced positions, the hanger defining, at its bottom, a hole for receiving the conveyor tube, and a series of recesses communicating with the tube hole, each recess being adapted to mate with the tube flange for locating the tube and feed drop-out aperture in any one of a second series of angularly displaced positions, the series of holes and the series of flange-receiving recesses together defining a multiple series of angularly discrete positions for the conveyor tube drop-out aperture, the number of angularly discrete positions thus made available substantially equalling the number of recesses multiplied by the number of attachment holes.