Patent ID: 7125215

Claim:
A track-and-trolley conveyor serving a plurality of bins, comprising: a guidance apparatus located in proximity to said bins, said guidance apparatus supporting a conveying device, said conveying device having at least one incoming end and at least one discharge end, said guidance apparatus further comprising at least one guide assembly, and said guide assembly comprising at least one track and at least three first trolley assemblies, each said first trolley assembly comprising at least two wheels, at least two wheel rods, and at least one load bar, each said wheel connecting to one of said rods and one of said load bars supporting said rod, each of said wheels having an outer radial periphery being tangent to said track, each of said wheel peripheries and wheel rods oriented in an arc at least 30 degrees apart within said first trolley assembly, said track and said first trolley assemblies mounted together and being arranged such that said guide assembly moves thereon, whereby moving said track and said wheels of said first trolley assemblies of said guide assembly, said incoming end and said discharging end of said conveying device moves to a position relative to said bins to serve conveyance capability to any of said bins.