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US 2008/0175666 A1Published application
Mobile conveying apparatus having a gear-to-gear driven swing assembly
AssigneeRexius Forest By-Products, Inc.
InventorDavid Looney
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Abstract
An mobile material placer or slinger with a placer conveyor having a gear-to-gear pivoting mechanism. The mobile material placer includes a body, a material hopper coupled to the body and configured to receive and store material, a feeder conveyor coupled to the body, and a placer conveyor pivotally coupled to the body about a vertical axis. The gear-to-gear pivoting mechanism includes a first gear attached to the body of the material placer and that drives a second gear fixedly mounted to the placer conveyor.
Claims20
A mobile material placer comprising:
- a body;
- a material hopper coupled to the body and configured to receive and store material;
- a feeder conveyor coupled to the body, the feeder conveyor configured to receive material stored by the material hopper;
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- a placer conveyor pivotally coupled to the body about a substantially vertical axis and having an in-feed end and a discharge end, the in-feed end of the placer conveyor alignable with a discharge end of the feeder conveyor, the placer conveyor including a drive mechanism configured to pivot the placer conveyor about the vertical axis, the drive mechanism including a first gear and a second gear fixedly mounted to the placer conveyor, the first gear operatively coupled with the second gear to cause the placer conveyor to pivot about the vertical axis.
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A mobile material placing apparatus comprising:
- a body;
- a material hopper coupled to the body and configured to receive and store material;
- a feeder conveyor coupled to the body, the feeder conveyor configured to receive material stored by the material hopper;
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- a placer conveyor pivotally coupled to the body about a substantially vertical axis and having an in-feed end and a discharge end, the in-feed end of the placer conveyor alignable with a discharge end of the feeder conveyor, the placer conveyor including a drive mechanism configured to pivot the placer conveyor about the vertical axis, the drive mechanism including a worm screw and a worm wheel, the worm wheel fixedly mounted to the placer conveyor, and the worm screw operatively coupled with the worm wheel to cause the placer conveyor to swing back and forth.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.