Earth moving conveyor system
OwnerWilliam Gilbertinventor
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Abstract
A system for the removal of material from a roadbed includes a movable vehicle equipped with a cutting plate having a cutting edge for scraping material from the roadbed to thereby form debris material. A first conveyor system for conveying the debris material away from the cutting edge is placed above the cutting plate and delivers the debris material to a second conveyor system which deposits the debris material laterally from a distal end of the second conveyor to a location remote from the movable vehicle.
Claims20
A system for the removal of material from a roadbed, the system comprising:
- a movable vehicle;
- a cutting plate having a cutting edge for scraping material from the roadbed to thereby form debris material;
- a first conveyor system for conveying the debris material away from the cutting edge;
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- a second conveyor system capable of receiving the debris material from the first conveyor system and operable to deposit the debris material laterally from a distal end of the second conveyor to a location remote from the movable vehicle.
A roadbed debris removal assembly comprising:
- a cutting plate having a cutting edge for removing a quantity of debris material from a roadbed
- a first conveyor system having a first distal end located proximately above the cutting edge, the first conveyor system being configured to transport the debris material away from the cutting edge and being arranged so as to have a predetermined slope to a second distal end;
- a feeder plate having a sloped surface being parallel to the predetermined slope of the first conveyor system so as to create a debris material removal channel between the feeder plate and the first conveyor system in order to direct the debris material away from the cutting edge;
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- a second conveyor system capable of receiving the earth material debris from the first conveyor system and being capable of transporting the debris material laterally away from a location where the cutting edge removes the debris material.
A method of providing a uniform roadbed surface comprising:
- engaging an area of earth with an elongated cutting plate having a cutting edge;
- removing a quantity of debris material using the cutting edge;
- directing the debris material to a first location remote from the cutting edge using a first conveyor assembly and a feeder plate;
- receiving the debris material at the first location onto a second conveyor assembly;
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- operating the second conveyor assembly to transport the debris material to a second location further remote from the cutting edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.