Conveyer (Patent No: 438425)

Inventor: Moon, Robert D.

Location: Edmonton

Comments: b Ontario 1893; arrived Edmonton 1905; 1912 homesteaded near Grande Prairie; returned Edmonton 1922; lumber; highway construction; farming; d 1967; City of Edmonton Archives clipping file

Description: Robert D. Moon, Edmonton, Alberta. Canada 10th December, 1946. Filed 29th August, 1945.
Serial No. 530,870.

Claim.—1. A car loading device for pieces of timber and the like comprising a platform mounting thereon means to engage and propel said articles and means to guide said articles into the propelling means, a chute to carry said articles to the platform and an additional chute to carry the timber into the car.

2. In the device disclosed in claim 1 wherein the engaging and propelling means comprises sets of rollers, one roller in each set being power driven and the other roller superimposed over first roller in a floating relationship.

3. In the device disclosed in claim 1 wherein the engaging and propelling means comprises sets of rollers, one of which is power driven and has a frictional device on the periphery thereof, the other superimposed over the driven roller in an adjustable floating relationship.

Claims allowed, 3.