Boom system for breaking and manouevring oversize material
AssigneeMcQuaid Engineering Ltd
InventorPaul McQuaid
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Abstract
The present invention provides a boom system 1 for breaking and manoeuvring oversize material. The boom system 1 is mounted or attached to a vehicle. The boom system 1 comprises a base 2, a column 5 protruding upwardly from the base 2 and a boom arm 3 moveably connectable to the upright column 5 at connection point 16. A moving arrangement 4 is provided to move all or part of the upright column 5 towards and away from the base 2 so that the connection 16 between the boom arm 3 and the upright column is moveable towards and away from the base 2. A mobile crusher comprising a boom system 1 for breaking and manoeuvring oversize material is also provided.
Claims8
A rock breaker boom system for breaking oversize material and clearing or preventing blockages in a crusher, the rock breaker boom system being adapted to be mounted on or attached to a crusher, the rock breaker boom system comprising:
- a base;
- an upright column protruding upwardly from the base;
- a boom arm moveably connected to the upright column;
- a dipper arm connectable to the boom arm;
- a tool head connectable to the dipper arm, the tool head being adaptable for breaking oversized material;
- an arrangement for rotating the upright column, the arrangement for rotating the upright column being operably coupled between the base and the upright column;
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- means for moving all or part of the upright column towards and away from the base so that a connection between the boom arm and the upright column is moveable towards and away from the base.
A crusher comprising a rock breaker boom system for breaking oversize material and clearing or preventing blockages in the crusher, the rock breaker boom system, comprising:
- a base;
- an upright column protruding upwardly from the base;
- a boom arm moveably connected to the upright column;
- a dipper arm connectable to the boom arm;
- a tool head connectable to the dipper arm, the tool head being adaptable for breaking oversized material;
- an arrangement for rotating the upright column, the arrangement for rotating the upright column being operably coupled between the base and the upright column;
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- means for moving all or part of the upright column towards and away from the base so that a connection between the boom arm and the upright column is moveable towards and away from the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.