Patent Document ID: 4854163
Application ID: 07101461
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A beltless system for conveying and analyzing sections of core comprising: a core trough comprising a receptacle portion for receiving a section of core and a drive engaging portion for engaging and being engaged by at least two spaced apart drivers and for being self-disengaging from a driver when the driver has driven the core trough a distance about equal to length of the drive engaging portion of the core trough; drive means comprising at least two spaced apart drivers each having means for engaging the drive engaging portion of the core trough and for imparting linear motion to the core trough and for driving the core trough along a path adjacent an analysis means for analysis of core supported therein and for being self-disengaging from the core trough after driving the core through a distance about equal to length of the driver engaging portion of the core trough; analysis means adjacent the path for analyzing a section of core supported in the core trough as the drive means drives the core trough along the path.