Forfatter: A.-M.Inst.C E., George Frederick Zimmer
År: 1916
Forlag: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Sted: London
Sider: 752
UDK: 621.87 Zim, 621.86 Zim
Being a Treatise on the Handling and Storing of Material such as Grain, Coal, Ore, Timber, Etc., by Automatic or Semi-Automatic Machinery, together with the Various Accessories used in the Manipulation of such Plant
GRAVITY BUCKET CONVEYORS
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An interesting example of such a type of conveyor is illustrated in Fig. 194. It
is for the purpose of handling skips containing cops of cotton yarn to and from the
conditioning cellar in the spinning mill of Messrs Eckersley’s Ltd., Wigan. The con-
veyor was built by the Chain Belt Engineering Co., of Derby.
Fig. 192. Continuous Trough Conveyor with Partitions in a Vertical
and Horizontal Position.
It will be noticed that the path of the chains is one of considerable complexity ;
indeed, the entire conveyor is unique of its kind. It runs continuously ten hours per
day, and is now found to be indispensable. The speed is about 40 ft. per minute, and
the carrying capacity 150 skips per hour, weighing 90 lb. each, with the swing trays
16 ft. apart. The swing tray bottoms are of hard wood, and measure 3 ft. 9 in. by
2 It. 2 in. The two strands of chain have a total length of nearly 1,000 ft.; and yet the