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US 2009/0154995 A1Published application
Guard Assembly and Related Methods
AssigneeCaterpillar Paving Products Inc.
InventorsJerry Glenn Schneider, Toby Frelich
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Abstract
This disclosure provides a guard assembly and its individual guards for protecting a conveyor system, such as the center conveyor frame. Related methods of installing or removing the individual guards and the guard assembly are also provided.
Claims20
A guard for protecting a conveyor frame or a hopper wall and diverting material toward a conveyor system, the guard comprising:
- a first support member;
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- a diverter member having an end attached to the first support member and defining a material diverter surface thereon, the material diverter surface being positioned to direct material away from the conveyor frame or the hopper wall and towards the conveyor system,
- wherein the diverter member defines an access portion therein and is configured to enclose a fastener assembly therein.
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A conveyor system for receiving bulk material therein and directing the bulk material to a selected destination, the conveyor system comprising:
- first and second hopper walls and a moveable conveyor belt positioned thereunder;
- a conveyor frame to support the moveable conveyor belt;
- and at least one removeable guard defining a material diverter surface, the material diverter surface being positioned to direct the bulk material away from the conveyor frame or the first and second hopper walls and towards the moveable conveyor belt;
- wherein the at least one guard being removeably attached to the conveyor frame or the first and second hopper walls through a fastener assembly at least partially recessed relative to the material diverter surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.