Wear resistant funnel sheet element for material guide chute
AssigneeSandvik Intellectual Property AB
InventorsAdrien HENSSIEN, Mats MALMBERG
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Abstract
A wear resistant funnel sheet element for a material guide chute includes first and second edges located at a tapered angle from each other. Interlinking fastening features are provided in order to mate the respective edges of at least one of the wear resistant funnel sheets to form a funnel element. The sheet element may be a molded flat piece of a rubber material, which serves as an interchangeable wear part on a material guide chute.
Claims15
A wear resistant funnel sheet element for a material guide chute, comprising:
- a first edge and a second edge, the first edge and the second edge being located oppositely and at a tapered angle to each other;
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- a plurality of fastening features at the first edge arranged to mate with the second edge for forming a funnel element from at least one of said wear resistant funnel sheet elements.
A method of constructing a funnel element for connection to a holder funnel element in order to form a funnel section for a material guide chute, including the steps of:
- providing at least one wear resistant funnel sheet element having fastening features at a first edge thereof;
- fastening the first edge via the fastening features to a second edge of the same or another funnel sheet element and, by bending about a longitudinal axis, forming the funnel element into a frustoconical or frustopyramid shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.