US 6,415,909 B1Granted

Apparatus for transporting bulk materials

AssigneeThe Young Industries, Inc.

InventorsAndrew P. Mitchell, Richard W. Ambs, Todd E. Kaufman

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Abstract

An apparatus for conveying bulk material generally consisting of a support and a guide means defining a passageway. The passageway has a vertical section and a horizontal section cantilevered to the vertical section. A endless rope assembly passes around the passageway. Disc are displaced along the rope to catch and transfer bulk material along the passageway. The bulk material is injected into the passageway at the lower end of the vertical section and is ejected at the end of the horizontal section. A motor drives sprockets located at the ends of the passageway and at the cantilevered portion. Such guide means may consist of a single passageway or a pair of passageways of differing lengths, and such support may be movable on wheels.

Claims31

Dependent claims

An apparatus for conveying a bulk material comprising:

a support means;
a guide means defining a passageway providing a circuitous path, having a base section supported on said support means and a section cantilevered relative to said support means;
at least two sprockets disposed in said passageway and rotatably supported on said guide means, one of said sprockets being disposed in said cantilevered section of said guide means and having a substantially vertically disposed axis of rotation;
a rope assembly having an endless rope disposed in said passageway along said circuitous path and reeved around said sprockets, and a plurality of discs secured to and spaced along said rope;
means for driving one of said sprockets;
said guide means an inlet communicating with said passageway for feeding material therein;
and
said guide means having a discharge outlet communicating with said passageway about a portion of the periphery of said one sprocket.

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