Cable hold-down apparatus

In a conveying apparatus of a type including a flexible endless member, circular material engaging means disposed on said flexible endless member for catching material and moving the material in response to movement of the endless flexible member and said material engaging means, a plurality of sections of channel means disposed at least partially around said flexible endless member and said material engaging means for confining material for transportation from place to place, means for selectively causing said flexible endless member to be pulled said channel means, an improvement comprising:

• said channel means having a pair of opposed side walls, a bottom wall and hold-down means integrally formed in and connected to an upper portion of said pair of opposed side walls and formed at intervals along and in said side walls for holding said circular material engaging means and said flexible endless member in said channel means, each of the sections of said channel means and hold-down means being formed of one single piece of metal;
• said channel means being comprised of sheet metal and said hold-down means being comprised of a pair of opposed indentations inwardly extending towards each other in the upper walls of said channel means said indentations being spaced at intervals along the length of said channel means.