Raised belt transfer unit
AssigneeFMH Conveyors LLC
InventorsWilliam Mark Hogan, Barry Wayne Freeman
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Abstract
A raised belt transfer unit may comprise a first angled support and a second angled support, a drive roller rotatably mounted to the first angled support and the second angled support, a plurality of driven rollers rotatably mounted to the first angled support and the second angled support, and a drive connecter in communication with the drive roller and a driven roller. The drive roller may be positioned adjacent a lower end of the first support and adjacent a lower end of the second support. The drive roller may be adapted to be coupled to a conveyor belt of a telescopic conveyor.
Claims19
A raised belt transfer unit, comprising:
- a first angled support and a second angled support, each of the first angled support and the second angled support including upper edges that rise from a lower end portion to a higher end portion;
- a drive roller rotatably mounted to the first angled support and the second angled support;
- a plurality of driven rollers rotatably mounted to the first angled support and the second angled support;
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- a drive connecter in communication with the drive roller and a driven roller,
- the drive roller adjacent the lower end portion of the first angled support and adjacent the lower end portion of the second angled support;
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- the drive roller adapted to be coupled to a conveyor belt and driven by the conveyor belt.
A telescopic conveyor system, comprising:
- a telescopic conveyor comprising a conveyor belt;
- a raised belt transfer unit mounted to the telescopic conveyor, the raised belt transfer unit comprising:
- a first angled support and a second angled support, each of the first angled support and the second angled support including upper edges that rise from a lower end portion to a higher end portion;
- a drive roller rotatably mounted to the first angled support and the second angled support;
- a plurality of driven rollers rotatably mounted to the first angled support and the second angled support;
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- a drive connecter in communication with the drive roller and at least one of the plurality of driven rollers,
- the drive roller adjacent the lower end portion of the first angled support and the lower end portion of the second angled support;
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- the drive roller being coupled to the conveyor belt and driven by the conveyor belt.
A method for conveying material with a telescopic conveyor system, the method comprising:
- receiving material on a slider bed of a telescopic conveyor in the telescopic conveyor system;
- conveying the material, on a conveyor belt of the telescopic conveyor, to a raised belt transfer unit;
- providing the material to a raised belt transfer unit, the raised belt transfer unit comprising:
- a first angled support and a second angled support, each of the first angled support and the second angled support including upper edges that rise from a lower end portion to a higher end portion;
- a drive roller rotatably mounted to the first angled support and the second angled support;
- a plurality of driven rollers rotatably mounted to the first angled support and the second angled support;
- and
- a drive connecter in communication with the drive roller and a driven roller,
- the drive roller adjacent the lower end portion of the first angled support and the lower end portion of the second angled support;
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- the drive roller being coupled to the conveyor belt and driven by the conveyor belt;
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- providing the material from the raised belt transfer unit to a secondary conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.