Conveyor Belt Lifting Device
OwnerJohn Dowlinginventor
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Abstract
A conveyor belt lifting device for use on a belt-type conveyor comprising a conveyor belt supported by a support structure includes an inflatable bag and is operable between a retracted condition in which the inflatable bag is deflated and an operative condition in which the inflatable bag is inflated and its operably upper surface adopts a shape generally to conform to an underside of the conveyor belt. The invention extends to a method for providing access to components of a belt-type conveyor comprising a conveyor belt supported by a support structure.
Claims15
A conveyor belt lifting device for use on a belt-type conveyor comprising an inflatable bag having a first surface, the device being operable between a retracted condition in which the inflatable bag is deflated and an operative condition in which the inflatable bag is inflated, wherein the first surface adopts a shape to substantially conform to an underside of the conveyor belt.
A method for providing access to components of a belt-type conveyor, the method comprising:
- positioning a conveyor belt lifting device, the device including an inflatable bag operable between a retracted condition in which the inflatable bag is deflated and an operative condition in which the inflatable bag is inflated, the inflatable bag having an upper surface that adopts a shape to substantially conform to an underside of the conveyor belt;
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- configuring the conveyor belt lifting device in its operative condition, thereby to lift at least a portion of the belt-type conveyor.
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