LONGITUDINAL CONVEYOR Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; timber and wood-working industry. SUBSTANCE: invention can be used for transportation and sorting out of timber. Proposed longitudinal conveyor has crossmembers installed on guides and coupled with traction member. Turnable levers mounted on crossmembers and catches installed on axles in plane of symmetry of traction member and made in form of segments with shanks and pull-back springs, and also accumulators and catch opening mechanisms. Shanks are made for displacement relative to segments and are provided with travel stops. Stops are made in form of pins fitted in slots on segments and built into shanks. EFFECT: improved reliability of operation of conveyor. 2 cl, 5 dwg