Beltline cleaner
AssigneeMeadow Power & Equipment Ltd.
InventorTroy Johnson
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Abstract
A clearing apparatus for removing bulk materials from an area with a low vertical clearance including an operator vehicle and an auger conveyor coupled to the operator vehicle. The auger conveyor is pivotable vertically in relation to the operator vehicle and rotatable substantially 90 degrees about a vertical axis of the auger conveyor, whereby the direction of rotation of the auger and the direction and pitch of the auger thread conveys material from the area with low vertical clearance toward the operator vehicle.
Claims16
A clearing apparatus for removing bulk materials from an area, the area having a low vertical clearance, the clearing apparatus comprising:
- an operator vehicle;
- and
- an auger conveyor coupled to the operator vehicle, pivotable vertically in relation to the operator vehicle and rotatable substantially 90 degrees about a vertical axis of the auger conveyor.
A method of removing bulk materials from a surface area with a low vertical clearance comprising the steps of:
- moving an auger conveyor over the surface area by operating an operator vehicle;
- and
- operating the auger conveyor fighting to cause movement of the materials from the surface area to an area in front of the operator vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.