Abstract:
This invention relates to power and free accumulation conveyors in which an element of the power conveyor when it overtakes an unrestrained halted element of the free conveyor automatically connects for movement with said free element and also releases said free element when said free element contacts a stop placed in its path or another free element which has been stopped in its path, for example, in an accumulation area. The driving dog, which is mounted on the power element, is pivotable about a vertical axis to override selective dogs on the free element through a camming mechanism.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an overhead trolley conveyor of the enclosed track type and in which the trolleys are interconnected by a continuous cable which requires that the cable must pass through each trolley instead of around the trolleys because there is insufficient space within the enclosed track for the cable to bypass any trolley.