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US 10,150,660 B2Granted
Parallel lift turret mount
AssigneeBay-Lynx Manufacturing Inc.
InventorsGreg Koppelaar, Kevin Koppelaar, Ron Dorombozi, Gregory D. Gall, John Vanderkolk
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Abstract
A parallel lift turret mount for a vehicle. A lift plate and lift mechanism vertically adjust the turret and pivot arm, which can support and guide rotation of, for example, a throw conveyor. The parallel lift turret mount can be used for processing, moving and slinging aggregate and can be coupled with a hopper or vehicle.
Claims25
A parallel lift mount for a vehicle comprising a throw conveyor, the parallel lift mount comprising:
- a vertical lift plate;
- a support plate mounted to the vehicle;
- a lift mechanism coupled to the lift plate and the support plate to vertically adjust the lift plate relative to the vehicle, the lift mechanism comprising two support brackets secured to the support plate, two complimentary support brackets secured to the lift plate, and at least two pivot hinges rotationally connected to the support brackets secured to the support plate and the complimentary support brackets secured to the lift plate;
- a pivot arm having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the pivot arm coupled to the lift plate through a pivot hinge for adjusting angular position of the pivot arm relative to the lift plate;
- a turret mounted to the distal end of the pivot arm to support the throw conveyor;
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- a support boss mounted to the support plate to lock the lift plate against the support plate when the throw conveyor is in a low position,
- wherein the lift plate is configured to vertically adjust the throw conveyor and turret such that the pivot arm is parallel to the ground when the throw conveyor is in the throwing position.
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A spreader vehicle for distributing aggregate, the vehicle comprising:
- a hopper comprising a base, a front with a frontwall, a back with a backwall, and two sidewalls;
- a feed conveyor at the base of the hopper for conveying aggregate from the front of the hopper to the back of the hopper;
- a parallel lift mount, the parallel lift mount comprising:
- a support plate mounted to the vehicle;
- a vertical lift plate;
- a lift mechanism coupled to the lift plate to vertically adjust the lift plate relative to the vehicle such that the lift plate remains substantially parallel to the back of the hopper the lift mechanism comprising two support brackets secured to the support plate, two complimentary support brackets secured to the lift plate, and at least two pivot hinges rotationally connected to each of the support brackets secured to the support plate and the complimentary support brackets secured to the lift plate;
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- a pivot arm having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the pivot arm coupled to the lift plate through a pivot hinge for guiding rotation of the pivot arm at an angle relative to the lift plate, the distal end of the pivot arm supporting a turret;
- a throw conveyor coupled to the turret;
- a support boss mounted to the support plate to lock the lift plate against the support plate when the throw conveyor is in a low position;
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- a slope adjustment mechanism for adjusting a slope of the throw conveyor relative to the ground.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.