Material or article handling – Plural – static structures for supporting discrete loads and... – Load-underlying members
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-11
2007-09-11
Dillon, Jr., Joe (Department: 3651)
Material or article handling
Plural, static structures for supporting discrete loads and...
Load-underlying members
C414S283000, C198S588000, C198S861600
Reexamination Certificate
active
11527240
ABSTRACT:
An arcuate guide apparatus and method for collecting and moving material into or away from a selected bin (30a,30b,30c) that resides within an array of storage bins. The arcuate guide apparatus comprises three or more trolleys (90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95a,95b,96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108) that move along at least one track (79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86a,86b,86c,86d,86e,86f,87a,87b,88a,88b,89) to create a guide assembly for a conveyor (60) or conveyor groups (67, 68, 69, 70). By moving the trolleys (90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95a,95b,96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108) along the track (79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86a,86b,86c,86d,86e,86f,87a,87b,88a,88b,89), or track (79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86a,86b,86c,86d,86e,86f,87a,87b,88a,88b,89) along the trolleys (90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95a,95b,96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108), the conveyor (60) or conveyor groups (67, 68, 69, 70) can distribute material to or reclaim material from a selected storage bin (30a,30b,30c) using minimal amount of linear meters of conveyance (60). The arcuate guide apparatus and method can have multiple layers of guide assemblies (110, 112, 114, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162) to guide conveyor (60) or conveyor groups (67, 68, 69, 70). The arcuate guide apparatus and method can have the guide assemblies (110, 112, 114, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162) combined in a wide variety of configurations that best suits a particular application.
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