A track-and-trolley conveyor guidance system for collecting and moving
material into or away from a selected bin (30a, 30b, 30c) that resides
within an array of storage bins. The conveying system comprises three or
more trolleys (90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95a, 95b, 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, 86a, 86b, 86c, 86d, 86e, 86f, 87a, 87b, 88a,
88b, 89) to create a guide assembly for a conveyor (60). By moving the
trolleys (90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95a, 95b, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102,
103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108) along the track (79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84,
86a, 86b, 86c, 86d, 86e, 86f, 87a, 87b, 88a, 88b, 89), or track (79, 80,
81, 82, 83, 84, 86a, 86b, 86c, 86d, 86e, 86f, 87a, 87b, 88a, 88b, 89)
along the trolleys (90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95a, 95b, 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 (30a, 30b, 30c) using minimal amount of
linear meters of conveyance (60). The conveyor guidance system 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 conveyor guidance system can have the guide assemblies
combined in a wide variety of configurations that best suits a particular
application.