.~.~ Separate, parallel conveying reaches supporting same load
DEFINITION
Classification: 198/817
(under subclass 804) Apparatus including plural belt reaches arranged in side-by-side relation to jointly support a load.
(1) Note. Included herein inter alia are separate belts which are disposed in side-by-side relation and which are (1) inclined relative to a vertical plane situated between their edges so that the belts together form a trough, or (2) supported at different elevations along their conveying reaches so that one edge of a plate-like load rests on the upper surface of the lower belt and the opposite edge of said load rests against a side surface of the upper belt.
