Compact portable conveyor
AssigneeStout Conveyors, LLC
InventorsJonathan David Fike, Nick Eric Bardall
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Abstract
A compact conveyor apparatus for conveying fluent material. A primary conveyor, a feed conveyor and a hopper mount to a mobile base. The base may be a trailer or a vehicle bed. The hopper is vertically moveable relative to the base and the feed conveyor is pivotably mounted to the hopper. The primary conveyor is rotatably and pivotably mounted to the base. In a transport mode the feed conveyor is substantially parallel to, and supported by, the base, and the primary conveyor is substantially parallel to, and directly above, the feed conveyor. In operation mode, the feed conveyor is angled relative to the base's upper surface and its lower end and the hopper are disposed lower than the base's upper surface. The apparatus maintains the hopper substantially parallel.
Claims11
A compact portable conveyor apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a base suitable for transport on public roadways and having first and second opposing base ends;
- (b) a primary conveyor pivotably, about a substantially horizontal axis, and rotatably, about a substantially vertical axis, mounted near the first base end, the primary conveyor having a first primary conveyor end disposed near the first base end and a second, opposite primary conveyor end;
- (c) a feed conveyor pivotably mounted to a hopper near the second base end, the feed conveyor having:
- (i) a first feed conveyor end disposed near the first primary conveyor end;
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- (ii) a second feed conveyor end disposed beneath the hopper;
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- (d) an auxiliary conveyor pivotably mounted to the first primary conveyor end, wherein the auxiliary conveyor is configured to pivot relative to the primary conveyor from a transport position, in which the auxiliary conveyor is substantially parallel to and does not extend beyond the primary conveyor ends, to an operational mode, in which at least a portion of the auxiliary conveyor extends beyond at least the first primary conveyor end to receive material from the primary conveyor and convey the material away from the primary conveyor, wherein a longitudinal axis of the auxiliary conveyor is substantially parallel to the primary conveyor in the transport position.
A compact portable conveyor apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a base suitable for transport on public roadways and having first and second opposing base ends;
- (b) a primary conveyor pivotably, about a substantially horizontal axis, and rotatably, about a substantially vertical axis, mounted near the first base end, the primary conveyor having a first primary conveyor end disposed near the first base end and a second, opposite primary conveyor end;
- (c) a feed conveyor pivotably mounted to a hopper near the second base end, the feed conveyor having:
- (i) a first feed conveyor end disposed near the first primary conveyor end;
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- (ii) a second feed conveyor end disposed beneath the hopper;
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- (d) an elongated auxiliary conveyor pivotably mounted to the first primary conveyor end, the auxiliary conveyor selectively disposed in one of a transport position with a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the primary conveyor and in which the auxiliary conveyor extends no farther than the primary conveyor ends, and an operational position, in which at least a portion of the auxiliary conveyor extends beyond at least the first primary conveyor end to receive material from the primary conveyor and convey the material away from the primary conveyor.
A compact portable conveyor apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a base suitable for transport on public roadways and having first and second opposing base ends;
- (b) a primary conveyor pivotably, about a substantially horizontal axis, and rotatably, about a substantially vertical axis, mounted near the first base end, the primary conveyor having a first primary conveyor end disposed near the first base end and a second, opposite primary conveyor end;
- (c) a feed conveyor mounted to a hopper near the second base end, the feed conveyor having:
- (i) a first feed conveyor end disposed near the first primary conveyor end;
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- (ii) a second feed conveyor end disposed beneath the hopper;
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- (d) an elongated auxiliary conveyor pivotably mounted to the first primary conveyor end, the auxiliary conveyor selectively disposed in one of a transport position with a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the primary conveyor and in which the auxiliary conveyor extends no farther than the primary conveyor ends, and an operational position, in which at least a portion of the auxiliary conveyor extends beyond at least the first primary conveyor end to receive material from the primary conveyor and convey the material away from the primary conveyor.
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