Boom conveyor
AssigneeTransnorm System GmbH
InventorsBryan Anthony Bell, John Henderson
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Abstract
A boom conveyor includes a boom that carries a conveyor, a support structure for the boom, a rear pivot joint that connects a rear end of the boom to the support structure, and a pivot drive that controls pivoting movement of the boom about the rear pivot joint. The boom conveyor apparatus includes an operator platform and an attachment mechanism at a front end of the boom whereby the operator platform may be attached to the boom or detached therefrom. The attachment mechanism includes a leveling mechanism that is configured to apply a leveling adjustment to the operator platform.
Claims20
An operator platform coupled to a boom of a boom conveyor apparatus, wherein the operator platform comprises:
- a support frame attached to at least one side of the operator platform comprises a connection structure, wherein the connection structure comprises:
- a pivot socket and a support socket, wherein each of the sockets are configured to receive respective attachment elements configured to move between a connect configuration and a disconnect configuration, wherein at least one of the sockets engage and disengage with a locking slot provided on at least one of the attachment element in the connect configuration and the disconnect configuration based on a position of the boom, and wherein the attachment elements are provided at a front end of the boom;
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- an attachment and leveling mechanism comprising a pivot mechanism to enable rotation of the attachment element relative to the boom about a pivot axis.
An operator platform coupled to a boom of a boom conveyor apparatus, wherein the operator platform comprises:
- a support frame attached to at least one side of the operator platform comprises one or more connection structures, wherein the connection structure comprises:
- a pivot socket and a support socket, wherein each of the sockets are configured to orthogonally receive an attachment element that is configured to move in a direction parallel to a pivot axis between a connect configuration and a disconnect configuration, wherein the attachment element is provided at a front end of the boom;
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- an attachment and leveling mechanism comprising a pivot mechanism to enable rotation of the attachment element relative to the boom about a pivot axis.
An operator platform coupled to a boom of a boom conveyor apparatus, wherein the operator platform comprises:
- a support frame attached to at least one side of the operator platform comprises a connection structure;
- a vertical plate mounted on the connection structure, wherein the vertical plate comprises a pivot socket and a support socket, wherein the pivot socket is configured to receive a pivot pin and the support socket is configured to receive a platform support pin, wherein the pivot pin and the platform support pin are configured to move between a connect configuration to attach the operator platform to the boom and a disconnect configuration to detach the operator platform from the boom, and wherein the pivot pin and the platform support pin are provided at a front end of the boom, and wherein the pivot pin is mounted on a bearing configured to allow rotational and axial movement of the pivot pin relative to a pivot axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.