Crawler mounted transfer station
AssigneeContinental Conveyor & Equipment Co., Inc.
InventorsDelbert G. Preuninger, Bobby J. Anthony
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Abstract
A transfer station for a material conveyor system. The transfer station includes a portion for engaging a ground surface and for moving the transfer station relative to the ground surface. The transfer station includes a portion for supporting a conveyor belt, which has a longitudinal extent and which supports material, for movement relative to the ground in the direction of the longitudinal extent of the belt. The transfer station includes a portion for applying a skewing force against the belt to maintain the belt at a location relative to the means for supporting during movement of the belt.
Claims9
A transfer station for a material conveyor system, the transfer station including:
- means for engaging a ground surface and for moving the transfer station relative to the ground surface;
- means for supporting a conveyor belt, which has a longitudinal extent and which supports material, for movement relative to the ground in the direction of the longitudinal extent of the belt;
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- means for applying a skewing force against the belt to maintain the belt at a location relative to the means for supporting during movement of the belt.
A transfer station for a material conveyor system, the transfer station including:
- a motor-driven crawler;
- a series of conveyor belt supports that are spaced to receive an extent of a longitudinally extending conveyor belt, a last of the supports being a pulley and being located where the belt is redirected for a return, the pulley having two ends;
- and
- a movable mount on which the last of the supports is mounted and that displaces one pulley end relative to the other pulley end with respect to a longitudinal extent of the belt.
A transfer station for a material conveyor system, the transfer station including:
- a motor-driven crawler;
- a series of conveyor belt supports that are spaced to receive an extent of a longitudinally extending conveyor belt, a last of the supports being located where the belt is redirected for a return;
- and
- a pivotal mount on which the last of the supports is mounted and that pivots about an axis that is transverse to a longitudinal extent of the belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.