# US 2022/0119204 A1 · Belt conveyor capable of conveying oilseed products

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- Number: US 2022/0119204 A1
- Document ID: US20220119204A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/563,323
- 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/US20220119204A1

## 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;
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; and
a deflector having a first end positioned adjacent the top s-roller and extending towards the belt in the transition section.

### Claim at position 2

-6. (canceled)

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The belt conveyor of claim 1 wherein the deflector is angled downwards.

### Claim at position 4

-54. (canceled)