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US 11,148,885 B1Granted
Trailing sandwich conveyor system for continuous mining machines along a high-angle tunnel
AssigneeDos Santos International, LLC
InventorJoseph Anibal Dos Santos
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Abstract
A continuous mining machine trailing conveyor system providing a sandwich belt system that incorporates a set of hugging modalities to ensure that the sandwich belt system provides sufficient friction.
Claims5
A method of conveying material along a tunnel having an incline over fifteen degrees, the method comprising:
- layering a top belt over a bottom belt in such a way as to frictionally sandwich a conveyed material against the bottom belt;
- adding one or more pressing rolls along an upper surface of the top belt;
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- laying a weighted blanket along said upper surface prior to adding the one or more pressing rolls,
- whereby resisting the conveyed material from sliding down the incline due to gravity when the incline is over fifteen degrees.
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