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An arcuate guide apparatus and method for collecting and moving material into or away from a selected bin ( 30 a, 30 b, 30 c) that resides within an array of storage bins. The arcuate guide apparatus comprises three or more trolleys ( 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 a, 95 b, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108 ) that move along at least one track ( 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86 a, 86 b, 86 c, 86 d, 86 e, 86 f, 87 a, 87 b, 88 a, 88 b, 89 ) to create a guide assembly for a conveyor ( 60 ) or conveyor groups ( 67, 68, 69, 70 ). By moving the trolleys ( 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 a, 95 b, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108 ) along the track ( 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86 a, 86 b, 86 c, 86 d, 86 e, 86 f, 87 a, 87 b, 88 a, 88 b, 89 ), or track ( 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86 a, 86 b, 86 c, 86 d, 86 e, 86 f, 87 a, 87 b, 88 a, 88 b, 89 ) along the trolleys ( 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 a, 95 b, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108 ), the conveyor ( 60 ) or conveyor groups ( 67, 68, 69, 70 ) can distribute material to or reclaim material from a selected storage bin ( 30 a, 30 b, 30 c) using minimal amount of linear meters of conveyance ( 60 ). The arcuate guide apparatus and method can have multiple layers of guide assemblies ( 110, 112, 114, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162 ) to guide conveyor ( 60 ) or conveyor groups ( 67, 68, 69, 70 ). The arcuate guide apparatus and method can have the guide assemblies ( 110, 112, 114, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162 ) combined in a wide variety of configurations that best suits a particular application.
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