.~ Having buckets specialized to gather load batches
DEFINITION
Classification: 198/509
(under subclass 506) Device wherein the particularizing means for the conveying section comprises an orbiting progression of load confining receptacles, each of which intermittently engages material on the static support, and each of which removes a volumetrically confined discrete load unit of the material from the support.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
701+, for bucket conveyors in general, subclass 700, for bucket members carried by a freely hanging, endless member, and subclass 715, for flexible pocket conveying members.