Material conveying apparatus
AssigneeMorgen Manufacturing Company
InventorHarold J. Castle
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Abstract
An apparatus for conveying materials having first and second support members movable longitudinally with respect to each other, a third support member positioned between the first and second support members and movable along a line extending therebetween, first and second rigid conduit sections having one end supported respectively by the first and second support members and a third rigid conduit section having its ends swivelly connected to the other ends of the first and second conduit sections and supported by the third support member, whereby as the first and second support members move longitudinally with respect to each other, the first, second and third conduit sections expand and retract accordingly.
Claims20
Apparatus for conveying materials comprising:
- first and second support means spaced from each other and movable linearly with respect to each other along a longitudinal axis extending through said first and second support means;
- third support means comprising at least one support member disposed between said first and second support means and movable linearly with respect to said first and second support means along said longitudinal axis;
- and a material conveying conduit comprising:
- a first relatively rigid conduit section connected with and supported by said first support means near one end of said first conduit section,
- a second relatively rigid conduit section connected with and supported by said second support means near one end of said second conduit section, and
- a third conduit section having one of its ends swivelly connected to the other end of said first conduit section about a swivel axis and the other of its ends swivelly connected to the other end of said second conduit section about a swivel axis, said third conduit section including at least one relatively rigid intermediate conduit member, each of said swivel axes being generally perpendicular to and laterally spaced from said longitudinal axis with adjacent swivel axes being spaced laterally from each other and spaced laterally on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis, and said one intermediate conduit member being supported between its ends by a corresponding one of said support members about an axis generally parallel to said swivel axes.
Apparatus for conveying materials comprising:
- first and second support means mounted on a longitudinally extendible boom and movable linearly with respect to each other along the longitudinal axis of said boom;
- third support means comprising at least one support member mounted on said boom between said first and second support means and movable linearly with respect to said first and secod support means along the longitudinal axis of said boom;
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- a material conveying conduit comprising:
- a first conduit section connected with and supported by said first support means near one end of said first conduit section,
- a second conduit section connected with and supported by said second support means near one end of said second conduit section, and
- a third conduit section having one of its ends swivelly connected to the other end of said first conduit section about a swivel axis and the other of its ends swivelly connected to the other end of said second conduit section about a swivel axis, said third conduit section including at least one intermediate conduit member, each of said swivel axes being generally perpendicular to and laterally spaced from said longitudinal axis with adjacent swivel axes being spaced laterally from each other and spaced laterally on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis, each of said intermediate conduit members being supported between its ends by a corresponding one of said support members and having its respective ends disposed on opposite lateral sides of said longitudinal axis, said adjacent intermediate conduit members being disposed alternately above and below said extendible boom.
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