bucket conveyor

American  

noun

Machinery.

1. a conveyor consisting of an endless chain with a series of buckets attached at regular intervals, used for moving ore, gravel, grain, or other bulk materials.

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Example Sentences

Another well-known appliance of this type is the pan bucket conveyor.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

Light flashed; a bucket conveyor began crashingly to dump loads of coal; and an alarm gong began to pound.

From The Knights of Arthur by Pohl, Frederik

The gravity or tilting bucket conveyor can be used as a combined elevator and conveyor.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

One important difference between an ordinary gravity bucket conveyor and this apparatus is that the buckets are here rigidly connected to the supporting wheels.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

Sand was taken from the stream bed and delivered to the work by bucket conveyor.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers