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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1975
Ronald W Umphrey, Ponca City, OK (US);
David L McCain, Ponca City, OK (US);
Continental Oil Company, Ponca City, OK (US);
Abstract
A conveyor for a flexible slurry hose of the type carried on a plurality of wheel-supported carts interconnected by an articulated linkage. The conveyor provides guidance and track means for transporting the carts and hose through a 180.degree. turn by lifting the wheels from the ground and guiding the linkage through the 180.degree. turn. The hose linkage and carts are guided through portions of an elliptical path before and after passing through an arc of a circle facilitating greater ease in negotiation of the entire turn, and a lesser degree of lateral displacement of the linkage than in systems guiding through a 180.degree. path of travel formed on a constant radius.