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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
George T Gough, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
REFAC International, Limited, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198706 ; 198417 ; 198839 ; 198801 ; 198710 ; 198712 ;
Abstract
A bucket conveyor comprising a plurality of buckets, a chain on which the buckets are mounted in series, a chain track on which the chain is mounted for movement thereon, a drive for moving the chain whereby the buckets are moved along a circuitous conveyor path between one bucket filling station and one bucket emptying station, and a device for moving the buckets around the axis of movement of the chain as required for the buckets to negotiate curves and turns in the conveyor path as the buckets move along the conveyor path on the chain.