# US 2022/0119203 A1 · Belt conveyor capable of conveying oilseed products

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- Number: US 2022/0119203 A1
- Document ID: US20220119203A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/563,320
- Filed: 2021-12-28
- Published: 2022-04-21
- Earliest claimed: 2019-06-17
- Assignees: Brandt Industries Ltd.
- Applicants: Brandt Industries Inc.
- Inventors: Lyndon Graff; Jonathan Robert Carteri
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220119203A1

## CPC

- B65G 15/08: the load-carrying surface being formed by a concave or tubular belt, e.g. a belt forming a trough
- B65G 15/44: for impelling the loads
- B65G 15/56: with edge-protecting or reinforcing means
- B65G 15/60: Arrangements for supporting or guiding belts, e.g. by fluid jets
- B65G 21/2081: {for bulk material, e.g. skirts}
- B65G 23/10: arranged intermediate the ends of the conveyors
- B65G 23/12: Arrangements of co-operating drums or rollers to augment tractive effort applied to the belts
- B65G 41/00: Supporting frames or bases for conveyors as a whole, e.g. transportable conveyor frames
- B65G 45/12: comprising scrapers
- B65G 45/26: for gathering residue after cleaning
- B65G 47/66: Fixed platforms or combs, e.g. bridges between conveyors
- B65G 41/008: {frames mounted on wheels or caterpillar (for movement on rail tracks B65G41/02)}
- B65G 47/18: Arrangements or applications of hoppers or chutes
- B65G 2201/042: Granular material
- B65G 2811/0657: Deflectors
- B65G 2812/02118: Gathering means for material falling from the conveyor
- B65G 2812/02198: Non-metallic belts
- B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)

## Abstract

A belt and a belt conveyor are provided for transporting particulate material and especially oilseeds up the belt conveyor. The belt conveyor can include an intake end having a hopper, a discharge end, a body extending between the intake end and the discharge end and a belt. The belt travels along a travel path in the belt conveyor; the belt traveling through the hopper, up an upper run in the body to the discharge end, down a return run in the body, and back through the hopper. The belt can have a top surface having pairs of adjacent ridges provided on the top surface, each ridge having a pair of arms extending from a point, in a travel direction of the belt, wherein each pair of adjacent ridges define a v-channel on the top surface of the belt.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A belt conveyor comprising:
an intake end;
a discharge end;
a body extending between the intake end and the discharge end;
a frame having ground wheels, the frame positioning the body in an inclined orientation;
a hopper provided at an intake end, the hopper having an upper end and a lower end;
a transition section having a first side wall and a second side wall, the transition section positioned between the hopper and the body;
an s-roller assembly having a top s-roller and a bottom s-roller, the top s-roller assembly positioned at the upper end of the hopper; and
a belt having a first edge and a second edge, the belt traveling along a travel path in the belt conveyor, the belt traveling through an upper run in the hopper, over the top s-roller, under the bottom s-roller, through the transition section, up an upper run in the body to the discharge end and down a return run in the body, through a lower run in the hopper and back to the upper run in the hopper.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The belt conveyor of claim 1 further comprising:
a first transition belt edge seal having an upper end, a lower end and a flat body extending from the upper end towards the lower end;
a second transition belt edge seal having an upper end, a lower end and a flat body extending from the upper end towards the lower end,
wherein the first transition belt edge seal extends from the upper end of the hopper along the first side wall of the transition section,
and wherein the second transition belt edge seal extends from the upper end of the hopper along the second side wall of the transition section.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The belt conveyor of claim 2 wherein the lower end of the first transition belt edge seal is positioned below the upper run, and wherein the lower end of the second transition belt edge seal is positioned below the upper run.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The belt conveyor of claim 3 wherein the first transition belt edge seal further comprises a semi-circular member shaped to correspond to a shape of the top s-roller, and wherein the semi-circular member of the first transition belt edge seal is positioned adjacent to the top s-roller, and wherein the second transition belt edge seal further comprises a semi-circular member shaped to correspond to a shape of the top s-roller, and wherein the semi-circular member of the second transition belt edge seal is positioned adjacent to the top s-roller.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The belt conveyor of claim 2 wherein the first transition belt edge seal extends over a first edge of the belt, and wherein the second transition belt edge seal extends over a second edge of the belt.

### Claim at position 6

-54. (canceled)