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US 5,513,743 AGranted
Belt conveyor skirt seal arrangement
AssigneeSLIC Trading Company Limited
InventorArend J. Brink
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Abstract
A skirt seal arrangement for a conveyor belt which includes an elongate track element and an elongate skirt seal which has a base which is slidably engageable with the track element and a lower edge which is engageable in sealing contact with an opposing surface of the conveyor belt.
Claims5
A belt conveyor skirt seal arrangement for a conveyor belt comprising:
- an elongate track element having an elongate cavity with an elongate slot extending into said cavity, said track extending generally in a direction of movement of the conveyor belt;
- means for securing said track element to a wall of a chute of the conveyor and including means for vertically adjusting said track element relative to said wall of said chute;
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- an elongate skirt seal having an elongate bead and at least one sealing surface, said elongate skirt seal extending from said track element below a lower edge of said chute wall and having a formation which engages said lower edge, said elongate skirt being slidably engageable with said track element while said track element is secured to said wall of said chute by insertion of said bead into said cavity and by sliding movement of said skirt seal relative to said track element, said at least one sealing surface being in sealing contact with the conveyor belt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.