Belt assembly for conveyor mechanism of a peat moss harvesting apparatus
AssigneeNCL Holding Inc.
InventorPhilippe Noël
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Abstract
A peat moss harvesting apparatus includes a supporting structure attachable to a carrier vehicle, and a conveyor mechanism mounted to the supporting structure. The conveyor mechanism includes first and second pulleys and a belt assembly. The belt assembly includes at least one flexible drive element, a plurality of transverse supports mounted to the drive element, and a plurality of cover members mounted to the transverse supports. The cover members define a support surface for conveying material. The transverse supports may be longitudinally spaced apart from one another along the drive element. Each of the cover members may be fixed to a respective one of the transverse supports.
Claims20
A peat moss harvesting apparatus, comprising:
- a supporting structure attachable to a carrier vehicle, the supporting structure comprising a forward edge and a rearward edge;
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- a conveyor mechanism mounted to the supporting structure, the conveyor mechanism comprising a first pulley arranged adjacent to the forward edge, a second pulley arranged adjacent to the rearward edge, and a belt assembly, the belt assembly comprising at least one flexible drive element adapted to revolve about the first and second pulleys, a plurality of transverse supports mounted to the drive element, and a plurality of cover members mounted to the transverse supports, the cover members defining a support surface for conveying material generally from the first pulley to the second pulley.
A belt assembly for a conveyor mechanism comprising first and second pulleys, the belt assembly comprising:
- at least one flexible drive element adapted to revolve about the first and second pulleys;
- a plurality of transverse supports mounted to the drive element;
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- a plurality of cover members mounted to the transverse supports, the cover members defining a support surface for conveying material generally from the first pulley to the second pulley.
A belt assembly, comprising:
- at least one flexible drive element;
- a plurality of transverse supports mounted to the drive element and longitudinally spaced apart from one another along the drive element;
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- a plurality of cover members mounted to the transverse supports, each of the cover members is fixed to a respective one of the transverse supports, each of the cover members comprising a first edge and a second edge generally opposite from the first edge, the cover member is fixed to the respective transverse support generally along the first edge, and the second edge overlaps the first edge of the adjacent cover member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.