It consists의:

1 Bucketsto contain the 물자;

2 A belt to carry the buckets and transmit the 잡아당기기;

3 Means to drive the 벨트;

4 Accessories for loading the buckets or picking up the 물자, for receiving the discharged 물자, for maintaining the belt tension and for enclosing and protecting the 엘리베이터.

A bucket elevator can elevate a variety of bulk materials from light to heavy and from fine to large 덩어리.

경사되는 A centrifugal discharge elevator may be vertical or.높은 Vertical elevators depend entirely on the action of centrifugal force to get the material into the discharge chute and must be run at speeds relatively. 

Inclined elevators with buckets spaced apart or set close together may have the discharge chute set partly under the head 폴리. Since they don't depend entirely on the centrifugal force to put the material into the 자동활송장치, the speed may be relatively는 낮춥니다.

Nearly all centrifugal discharge elevators have spaced buckets with rounded는 기인합니다. They pick up their load from a 시동, a 구덩이, or a pile of material at the foot 폴리.

The buckets can be also triangular in cross section and set close to on the belt with little or no clearance between 그(것)들. This is a continuous bucket 엘리베이터. Its main use is to carry difficult materials at slow 속도.

작은 Early bucket elevators used a flat chain with, steel buckets attached every few는 조금씩 움직입니다. Current construction uses a rubber belt with plastic는 buckets. Pulleys several feet in diameter are used at the top and 바닥. The top pulley is driven by an electric 모터.

The bucket elevator is the enabling technology that permitted the construction of grain 엘리베이터. A diverter at the top of the elevator allows the grain to be sent to the chosen 궤.

A similar device with flat steps is occasionally used as an elevator for 인간, 예를들면, for employees in parking 차고. (This sort of elevator is generally considered too dangerous to allow use by the 공중.)