Self contained coal processing unit
AssigneeImperial Technologies, Inc.
InventorRonald H. Tschantz
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Abstract
A mobile coal processing unit can be loaded onto a truck and driven to an actual coal mine to break and sort coal. Once at the coal mine the mobile coal processing machine can self-propel itself to a desired location where it is to process coal. While at that location portions of the mobile coal processing machine that were folded and/or compressed for transportation are unfolded and/or uncompressed to make the mobile coal processing unit operational. The mobile coal processing unit includes a coal breaker to break mined coal into smaller pieces. It further includes a sorting device adapted to sort the smaller pieces and other mined coal into first size coal with a first size range and a second size coal with a second size range that is larger than the first size range.
Claims20
A mobile coal processing unit comprising:
- a coal breaker adapted to break mined coal into processed coal;
- a sorting device adapted to sort either the minded coal or the processed coal into first size coal with a first size range and a second size coal with a second size range that is larger than the first size range, wherein the mobile coal processing unit is adapted to be attached to a truck for transportation to a coal mining site where the mobile coal processing unit is disconnected from the truck and is adapted to be set up for operation.
A mobile coal processing unit comprising:
- a coal breaker adapted to break mined coal into processed coal;
- a sorting device adapted to sort either the mined coal or the processed coal into various sized coal;
- a wheel assembly for movability supporting the coal breaker and sorting device;
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- an attachment device for attaching the wheel assembly to a towing vehicle for transporting the coal breaker and sorter device to a coal mining site.
A method of processing coal comprising:
- driving a truck hauling a mobile coal processing unit to a mine;
- separating the mobile coal processing unit from the truck;
- unfolding a least a portion of the mobile coal processing unit to make the mobile coal processing unit functional;
- receiving raw coal from the mine;
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- operating the mobile coal processing unit to remove at least some stone from the raw coal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.