Belt conveyor capable of conveying oilseed products
AssigneeBrandt Industries Ltd.
InventorsLyndon Graff, Jonathan Robert Carteri
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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.
Claims9
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 an 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 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, through a lower run in the hopper and back to the upper run in the hopper;
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- a deflector having a first end positioned adjacent the top s-roller and extending towards the belt in the transition section,
- wherein the first end of the deflector is positioned to remove material that has adhered to a top surface of the belt.
A method of conveying particulate material, the method comprising:
- providing 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 an 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 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, through a lower run in the hopper and back to the upper run in the hopper;
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- a deflector having a first end positioned adjacent the top s-roller and extending towards the belt in the transition section;
- conveying the particulate material from the intake end to the discharge end, on the belt, as the belt is travelling along the travel path;
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- removing material that has adhered to a top surface of the belt using the deflector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.