Installation for shifting won minerals

An apparatus for shifting won minerals for a continuous conveyor such as a belt or chain conveyor, said apparatus comprising:

• a machine frame comprising a front frame part, a rear frame part, and an articulated joint having an articulated axle;
• a plurality of rocker arms, each of said rocker arms being coupled in a vertically pivotable manner at a first end thereof to said machine frame;
• a plurality of booms, each of said booms being pivotably coupled at a first end thereof to a corresponding one of said plurality of rocker arms at a second end of said rocker arms;
• a shovel assembly pivotably coupled to each of said plurality of booms at a second end of each of said booms;
• a plurality of rocker arm hydraulic cylinder units, each of said rocker arm hydraulic cylinder units being connected at a first end thereof to said machine frame and at a second end thereof to a corresponding one of said plurality of rocker arms, said first rocker arm connection being between said first rocker arm hydraulic cylinder unit connection and a front end of said machine frame;
• a plurality of boom hydraulic cylinder units, each of said boom hydraulic cylinder units being connected at a first end thereof to said machine frame and at a second end thereof to a corresponding one of said plurality of booms, said first rocker arm connection being disposed between said first boom hydraulic cylinder unit connection and said rocker arm hydraulic cylinder unit first connection;
• a continuous conveyor disposed on a top surface of said machine frame, said continuous conveyor comprising a front conveyor disposed on said front frame part and a rear conveyor disposed on said rear frame part, said front and rear conveyors being joined together at a transfer station disposed at said articulated joint;
• a feed chute disposed above the continuous conveyor in a front end area of the machine frame, thereby facing the debris;
• wherein
• each of said plurality of booms comprises a first portion proximate to said first end of each of said plurality of booms and a second portion proximate to said second end of each of said plurality of booms, said plurality of boom hydraulic cylinder units each being substantially parallel to said second portion of a corresponding one of said plurality of booms when said shovel assembly is in said first position;
• said articulated axle runs transversely to said longitudinal axis of said conveyor;
• the loading shovel is pivotable about at least one essentially horizontal axle that intersects an essentially vertical plane containing a longitudinal axis of the conveyor system;
• and
• said plurality of rocker arms and said plurality of booms may be disposed to place said shovel assembly in a first position proximate to said front end of said machine frame and in a second position, said second position being above an opening of said loading chute so that material in said shovel assembly may be discharged into said feed chute from a surface of said shovel assembly most proximate to said plurality of booms.