Telescoping infeed conveyor
AssigneeColumbus McKinnon Corporation
InventorMark A. Smith
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Abstract
A conveyor system particularly adapted for feeding vehicle tires to a shredder mechanism includes telescopic conveyor sections supported to removably, adjustably position an outlet end of a first conveyor section relative to an inlet opening of the shredder mechanism and to adjustably position an inlet end of a second conveyor section at a convenient elevation for tire loading purposes.
Claims11
A conveyor mechanism adapted for use in transporting material from a loading station upwardly for discharge downwardly into a charging opening of a shredder mechanism, said conveyor mechanism comprising:
- a first conveyor section having a discharge end;
- a second conveyor section having a loading end, said second conveyor section being supported by said first conveyor section for telescopic movement with said discharge and loading ends being remotely disposed in relation to one another;
- means for defining a limit of contracting telescopic movement of said second conveyor section relative to said first conveyor section;
- means for supporting said first conveyor section for movement along a vertically inclined path of travel between spaced positions in which said discharge end is disposed in overlying relation to said charging opening and removed from overlying relation to said charging opening;
- a driven conveyor belt trained about said first and second conveyor sections for transporting material from said loading end to said discharge end;
- a belt accumulator mechanism for varying the effective length of said belt incident to said telescopic movement;
- a drive means for moving said second conveyor section in opposite directions along said vertically inclined path of travel;
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- latch means for releasably latching said first conveyor section to said second conveyor section for conjunctive movement.
In the combination of a shredder mechanism having a charging opening and a driven conveyor having inlet and discharge ends for moving waste material from a loading station for deposit in said charging opening, wherein both said shredder mechanism and said conveyor are mounted on a common transport for movement therewith, the improvement comprising:
- said conveyor having first and second conveyor sections defining said discharge and inlet ends, respectively;
- means for supporting said first conveyor section for movement along a vertically inclined path of travel;
- stop means for defining a lower position of said first conveyor section along said path of travel, wherein said discharge end is removed from overlying relation with said charging opening;
- means for supporting second conveyor section on said first conveyor section for movement relative thereto in a direction aligned with said path of travel between contracted and extended positions;
- means for moving said second conveyor section upwardly and downwardly along said path of travel;
- means to define said contracted position;
- a driven conveyor belt trained about said conveyor sections;
- accumulated means for varying the effective length of said conveyor belt incident to said movement of said second conveyor section relative to said first conveyor section;
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- means to releasably latch said conveyor sections for conjunctive movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.