A VERTICAL CONVEYOR

摘要

The invention provides a conveyor (10) for vertical conveying of material, such as building material. The conveyor includes an elongate conveyor element (12) having a passage (14) for a column of material defined along its length and which element is configured for vertical mounting. The conveyor further includes a material loading station (22) located at an operatively lower end of the conveyor element and a material offload station (24) located at an operatively upper end of the conveyor element. The conveyor also includes a mechanical advantage means (26) for forcing loaded material, in stacked manner, upward, in use. The conveyor may be of modular construction and can be used to convey building materials such as bricks and sand up the side of a building as the building progresses upward for several storeys.