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US 10,689,201 B1Granted
Material conveyor system bucket comprising a wear band and method for making the same
AssigneeBraime Group PLC
InventorNicholas Braime
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Abstract
A material conveyor system container and method of making same. The container comprises a wear band generally disposed at the points of contact of the bucket with the material being conveyed by the bucket that is made from a highly abrasion resistant material and the rest of the bucket is made from a less expensive polymer, such as polyethylene.
Claims19
A material conveyor system container comprising:
- an elevator bucket having a back wall, opposed sidewalls, a bottom wall curving upward into a front wall spaced from the back wall, and a wear band;
- the front wall being joined to the bottom wall to form an open top;
- the front wall and bottom wall portions being joined to the opposed sidewalls by arcuate corner parts,
- the wear band extending entirely across a top portion of the front wall and integral corner parts to protect the top portion of the front wall and integral corner parts from a flow of material wearing the elevator bucket;
- and
- the wear band extending across a forward portion of a top portion of the opposed sidewalls, wherein the wear band is made of a highly abrasion resistant material and a remainder of the elevator bucket is made of a polyethylene material.
3 more elements
A material conveyor system container, comprising:
- a single uniform body formed of two polymers, comprising:
- a back wall, a pair of opposed sidewalls, a planar bottom wall forming a front wall and an upper opening made of a first polymer;
- and
- a wear band made of a second polymer to protect the top portion of the front wall and integral corner parts from a flow of material wear the elevator bucket;
- the wear band extending entirely across a top portion of the front wall and arcuate corner parts;
- the wear band extends across a portion of a top edge of the pair of opposed sidewalls;
- and
- wherein the second polymer is overmolded onto the first polymer.
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A method of manufacturing a material conveyor system container, comprising:
- forming an elevator bucket comprising a lip, a back wall, opposed sidewalls;
- integral corner parts, and a front wall;
- wherein the front wall is joined to the back wall forming an open top, wherein the elevator bucket is made of a material comprising polyethylene;
- forming a wear band, wherein the wear band is made of an abrasion resistant material to protect the top portion of the front wall and integral corner parts from a flow of material wearing the elevator bucket;
- and
- attaching the wear band to the lip of the bucket part, wherein the wear band extends entirely across a top portion of the front wall, arcuate corner parts, and extends across a portion of opposed sidewalls extending from the front wall towards the back wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.