Article transporting and raising and lowering apparatus

Details Article transporting and raising and lowering apparatus Article transporting and raising and lowering apparatus

1987-04-27

1988-12-06

Hornsby, Harvey C.

Cleaning and liquid contact with solids

Apparatus

Automatic controls

134 61, 134 73, 134124, 118425, 1983463, B08B 304

Patent

active

047887869

ABSTRACT:
A transport apparatus for moving a plurality of article transport devices into and out of a plurality of stations includes an endless band conveyor which moves above the stations, a plurality of article transport devices being supported on and moved by the conveyor past the stations, a first motor connected with the conveyor for moving the conveyor to move the article transport devices to each of the stations in turn, a second motor connected with the entire conveyor apparatus for raising and lowering it thereby to move the transport devices and the articles they support at each station into and out of the stations for treatment, and a common control unit connected with the motors for moving the conveyor past the stations and for moving the conveyor up and down and for coordinating these operations. The conveyor itself comprises a pair of parallel endless bands on which the transport devices are supported and are moved.

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