Stockyard for bulk materials
AssigneeAustrack Project Management Pty Ltd.
InventorRobert Daniel Taylor
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Abstract
An uncovered storage facility for stockpiling bulk materials for establishing stockpiles (38) of predetermined geometry. The facility comprises a base (40) having facing retaining walls (42, 44) which are provided by structural berms (46, 48). The berms (46, 48) are for supporting a stacker machine (10) on one side of a stockpile (38) and a reclaimer machine (22) on the other side of the stockpile (38). A high berm (46) supports a stacker machine (10) and a low berm supports a reclaimer (22). The berms (46, 48) provide for more efficient access to a stockpile (38) by a stacker (10) and a reclaimer (22) and a predetermined stockpile geometry which allows increased reclaim efficiency compared to a stockpile of traditional geometry.
Claims28
An uncovered storage facility for stockpiling bulk materials, said storage facility comprising:
- a base and facing retaining walls for containing a stockpile of a bulk material, the stockpile having a length in a direction of the retaining walls, wherein the retaining walls being defined by a higher berm and a lower berm, respectively;
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- at least one of a stacker machine being independently supported by the higher berm for movement along the length of the stockpile and a reclaimer machine being independently supported by the lower berm for movement along the length of the stockpile.
An uncovered storage facility for stockpiling bulk materials, said storage facility comprising
- a base and facing retaining walls of different heights for containing a stockpile of a bulk material, the stockpile having a length in a direction of the retaining walls, the retaining walls being defined by a higher berm and a lower berm, respectively;
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- at least one of first and second equipment supported by the higher and lower berms, respectively, for movement along the length of the stockpile;
- wherein
- said first equipment consists essentially of a stacker machine independently supported by the higher berm;
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- said second equipment consists essentially of a reclaimer machine independently supported by the lower berm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.