Conveyors having an endless traction element

BPERFORMING OPERATIONS TRANSPORTING B65Thin material handling B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES

B65G17/00Conveyors having an endless traction element

B65G17/002comprising load carriers resting on the traction element B65G17/005comprising individual load carriers which are movably mounted B65G17/007for conveying the load on the lower run or on both upper and lower runs of the conveyor B65G17/02comprising a load-carrying belt attached to or resting on the traction element B65G17/04the belt having loops forming load-receiving pockets B65G17/06having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected B65G17/061the load carrying surface being formed by profiles, rods, bars, rollers or the like attached to a single traction element B65G17/062the profiles, rods, bars, rollers or the like being interconnected by a mesh or grid-like structure B65G17/063the load carrying surface being formed by profiles, rods, bars, rollers or the like attached to more than one traction element B65G17/064the profiles, rods, bars, rollers or the like being interconnected by a mesh or grid-like structure B65G17/065the load carrying surface being formed by plates or platforms attached to a single traction element B65G17/066specially adapted to follow a curved path B65G17/067the load carrying surface being formed by plates or platforms attached to more than one traction element B65G17/068specially adapted to follow a curved path B65G17/08the surface being formed by the traction element B65G17/083the surface being formed by profiles, rods, bars, rollers or the like B65G17/086specially adapted to follow a curved path B65G17/10the surface forming a longitudinal trough B65G17/12comprising a series of individual load-carriers fixed, or normally fixed, relative to traction element B65G17/123arranged to keep the load-carriers horizontally during at least a part of the conveyor run B65G17/126Bucket elevators B65G17/14with two spaced connections to traction element B65G17/16comprising individual load-carriers which are pivotally mounted B65G17/18and move in contact with a guiding surface B65G17/20comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains B65G17/22with oppositely-moving parts of the conveyor located in a common plane and being formed by individual load carriers only B65G17/24comprising a series of rollers which are moved B65G17/26comprising a series of co-operating units B65G17/28extensible B65G17/30Details Auxiliary devices B65G17/32Individual load-carriers B65G17/323Grippers B65G17/326Clamps, constituted by articulated chain links B65G17/34having flat surfaces B65G17/345the surfaces being equipped with a conveyor B65G17/36having concave surfaces B65G17/365having open bottom buckets B65G17/38Chains or like traction elements Connections between traction elements and load carriers B65G17/385adapted to follow three-dimensionally curved paths B65G17/40Chains acting as load-carriers B65G17/42Attaching load carriers to traction elements B65G17/44by means excluding relative movements B65G17/46Means for holding or retaining the loads in fixed position on the load-carriers B65G17/48Controlling attitudes of load-carriers during movement B65G17/485the load carriers being suspended