Piler conveyor system
AssigneeKringstad Ironworks, Inc.
InventorBurnell R. Kringstad
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Abstract
A piler conveyor system for screening debris such as tare dirt from materials such as beets as the materials are conveyed across a piler. The piler conveyor system generally includes a frame supporting an upper conveyor and a pair of lower conveyors. The upper conveyor is adapted to receive materials such as beets. As the materials are conveyed by the upper conveyor, debris such as tare dirt or the like will fall through screening openings in the upper conveyor and onto the lower conveyor. The lower conveyor may then dispense the debris through a debris opening. The materials will drop off the end of the upper conveyor and fall onto the second lower conveyor, which will convey the screened materials to be dispensed.
Claims20
A piler conveyor system having a distal end, comprising:
- an upper conveyor, wherein the upper conveyor conveys a material toward the distal end, wherein the upper conveyor includes a plurality of screening openings through which a debris from the material falls;
- a first lower conveyor connected to the upper conveyor, wherein the first lower conveyor is positioned below the upper conveyor, wherein the first lower conveyor receives the debris and conveys the debris toward the distal end;
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- a second lower conveyor that is co-linear with the first lower conveyor and that is spaced apart from the first lower conveyer to define an opening between the second lower conveyor and the first lower conveyor;
- wherein the debris on the first lower conveyor exits the first lower conveyor at the opening;
- wherein the second lower conveyor receives the material from the upper conveyor and conveys the material towards the distal end.
A piler conveyor system, comprising:
- an upper conveyor having an inlet end and an outlet end;
- wherein the upper conveyor conveys a material upwardly to be dispensed from the outlet end of the upper conveyor, wherein the upper conveyor comprises a plurality of openings, wherein a debris from the material transported by the upper conveyor falls through the plurality of openings;
- a first lower conveyor connected to the upper conveyor, wherein the first lower conveyor is positioned below the upper conveyor such that the debris falls onto the lower conveyor, wherein the first lower conveyor includes an inlet end and an outlet end;
- wherein the upper conveyor and the first lower conveyor are parallel to one another;
- wherein the first lower conveyor conveys the debris upwardly to be dispensed from the outlet end of the first lower conveyor;
- a second lower conveyor having an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein the second lower conveyor is co-linear with the first lower conveyor and is spaced apart from the first lower conveyor to define an opening between the second lower conveyor and the first lower conveyor and wherein the debris exits the outlet end of the first lower conveyor at the opening;
- wherein the second lower conveyor receives the material from the outlet end of the upper conveyor and conveys the material toward the outlet end of the second lower conveyor;
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- a motor that drives the upper conveyor and one or both of the first lower conveyor and the second lower conveyor.
A piler conveyor system having a distal end, comprising:
- an upper conveyor, wherein the upper conveyor conveys a material toward the distal end, wherein the upper conveyor includes a plurality of screening openings through which a debris from the material falls;
- a first lower conveyor, wherein the first lower conveyor is positioned below the upper conveyor, wherein the first lower conveyor receives the debris and conveys the debris toward the distal end, and wherein the first lower conveyor is parallel to the upper conveyor;
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- a second lower conveyor that is co-linear with the first lower conveyor and that is parallel with the upper conveyor, wherein the second lower conveyor is spaced apart from the first lower conveyer to define an opening between the second lower conveyor and the first lower conveyor;
- wherein the debris on the first lower conveyor exits the first lower conveyor at the opening;
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- wherein the second lower conveyor receives the material from the upper conveyor and conveys the material towards the distal end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.