# US 11,866,263 B2 · Belt conveyor capable of conveying oilseed products > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,866,263 B2 - Document ID: US11866263B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/563,325 - Filed: 2021-12-28 - Published: 2022-04-21 - Granted: 2024-01-09 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-17 - Assignees: Brandt Industries Ltd. - Applicants: Brandt Industries Inc. - Inventors: Lyndon Graff; Jonathan Robert Carteri - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11866263B2 ## CPC - B65G 15/08: the load-carrying surface being formed by a concave or tubular belt, e.g. a belt forming a trough - B65G 15/44: for impelling the loads - B65G 15/56: with edge-protecting or reinforcing means - B65G 15/60: Arrangements for supporting or guiding belts, e.g. by fluid jets - B65G 21/2081: {for bulk material, e.g. skirts} - B65G 23/10: arranged intermediate the ends of the conveyors - B65G 23/12: Arrangements of co-operating drums or rollers to augment tractive effort applied to the belts - B65G 41/00: Supporting frames or bases for conveyors as a whole, e.g. transportable conveyor frames - B65G 45/12: comprising scrapers - B65G 45/26: for gathering residue after cleaning - B65G 47/66: Fixed platforms or combs, e.g. bridges between conveyors - B65G 41/008: {frames mounted on wheels or caterpillar (for movement on rail tracks B65G41/02)} - B65G 47/18: Arrangements or applications of hoppers or chutes - B65G 2201/042: Granular material - B65G 2811/0657: Deflectors - B65G 2812/02118: Gathering means for material falling from the conveyor - B65G 2812/02198: Non-metallic belts - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) ## Abstract A belt and a belt conveyor are provided for transporting particulate material and especially oilseeds up the belt conveyor. The belt conveyor can include an intake end having a hopper, a discharge end, a body extending between the intake end and the discharge end and a belt. The belt travels along a travel path in the belt conveyor; the belt traveling through the hopper, up an upper run in the body to the discharge end, down a return run in the body, and back through the hopper. The belt can have a top surface having pairs of adjacent ridges provided on the top surface, each ridge having a pair of arms extending from a point, in a travel direction of the belt, wherein each pair of adjacent ridges define a v-channel on the top surface of the belt. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A belt conveyor comprising: an intake end; a discharge end; a body extending between the intake end and the discharge end; a frame having ground wheels, the frame positioning the body in an inclined orientation; a hopper provided at the intake end, the hopper having an upper end and a lower end; a transition section having a first side wall and a second side wall, the transition section positioned between the hopper and the body; an s-roller assembly having a top s-roller and a bottom s-roller, the top s-roller assembly positioned at the upper end of the hopper; a belt having a first edge and a second edge, the belt traveling along a travel path in the belt conveyor, the belt traveling through an upper run in the hopper, over the top s-roller, under the bottom s-roller, through the transition section, up an upper run in the body to the discharge end and down a return run in the body, through a lower run in the hopper and back to the upper run in the hopper; a first wiper positioned in contact with a bottom surface of the belt and extending substantially the width of the bottom surface of the belt; and a back roller, the belt passing under the back roller before the belt passes through the lower run in the hopper; wherein the first wiper is positioned in contact with the bottom surface of the belt and extending substantially the width of the bottom surface of the belt in front of the back roller. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The belt conveyor of claim 1 wherein the first wiper comprises: a wiper member; a wiper mounting flange; and at least one fastener to attach the wiper member to the mounting flange. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The belt conveyor of claim 2 wherein the wiper member is formed of urethane. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The belt conveyor of claim 2 wherein the wiper member is positioned at an angle to a travel direction of the belt. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The belt conveyor of claim 2 wherein the wiper member has a point from which sides of the wiper member extend at an angle from the point. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The belt conveyor of claim 1 wherein the first wiper is positioned in contact with the bottom surface of the belt before the belt passes under the back roller in the belt conveyor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The belt conveyor of claim 1 further comprising a front roller, the belt passing around the front roller after the belt passes through the lower run in the hopper and before the belt passes through the upper run in the hopper, wherein a second wiper is positioned in contact with the bottom surface of the belt and extending substantially the width of the bottom surface of the belt in front of the front roller. ### Claim 8 A belt conveyor comprising: an intake end; a discharge end; a body extending between the intake end and the discharge end; a frame having ground wheels, the frame positioning the body in an inclined orientation; a hopper provided at the intake end, the hopper having an upper end and a lower end; a transition section having a first side wall and a second side wall, the transition section positioned between the hopper and the body; an s-roller assembly having a top s-roller and a bottom s-roller, the top s-roller assembly positioned at the upper end of the hopper; a belt having a first edge and a second edge, the belt traveling along a travel path in the belt conveyor, the belt traveling through an upper run in the hopper, over the top s-roller, under the bottom s-roller, through the transition section, up an upper run in the body to the discharge end and down a return run in the body, through a lower run in the hopper and back to the upper run in the hopper; a back roller, the belt passing under the back roller before the belt passes through the lower run in the hopper; a front roller, the belt passing around the front roller after the belt passes through the lower run in the hopper and before the belt passes through the upper run in the hopper, a first wiper positioned in contact with a bottom surface of the belt and extending substantially the width of the bottom surface of the belt in front of the front roller. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The belt conveyor of claim 8 wherein the first wiper comprises: a wiper member; a wiper mounting flange; and at least one fastener to attach the wiper member to the mounting flange. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The belt conveyor of claim 9 wherein the wiper member is formed of urethane. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The belt conveyor of claim 9 wherein the wiper member is positioned at an angle to a travel direction of the belt. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The belt conveyor of claim 9 wherein the wiper member has a point from which sides of the wiper member extend at an angle from the point. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The belt conveyor of claim 8 wherein the first wiper is positioned in contact with the bottom surface of the belt before the belt passes under the front roller in the belt conveyor.