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US 6,685,010 B2Granted
Device for inward and/or outward transfer of material to be conveyed
AssigneeTransnorm System GmbH
InventorKarl Warnecke
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Abstract
A device for inward and outward transfer of material comprises a conveyor section with a continuous belt for receiving the material at an angle, and an airlock section and a guide section for guiding the continuous belt. The airlock section has a rectangular end area and an acute-angle end area. There is a drive having a driving drum and a back-up roller. The drive is arranged in proximity to the rectangular end area of the airlock section and the back-up roller is displaceable in a direction of the driving drum.
Claims11
A device for inward and outward transfer of material, comprising:
- a conveyor section with a continuous belt for receiving the material at an angle;
- an airlock section and a guide section for guiding said continuous belt, said airlock section having a rectangular end area and an acute-angle end area;
- a drive having a driving drum and a back-up roller, said drive being arranged in proximity to the rectangular end area of the airlock section and said back-up roller being displaceable in a direction of the driving drum, wherein the back-up roller is mounted so that it can pivot about an axle of the driving drum;
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- a device for generating a force on the backup roller to produce a defined belt tension.
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