Material processing apparatus comprising a conveyor
AssigneeMetso Minerals, Inc.
InventorsStephen A. Whyte, Stephen Wilkinson
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Abstract
A material processing apparatus comprises a conveyor that is rotatable in vertical direction around a horizontal axis that is situated in an element rotatable in horizontal direction relative to the apparatus. The element is articulated to the apparatus at a main point of articulation, and at a point remote from the main point of articulation, articulated to a variable length element which in turn is articulated to the apparatus, and the element is connected to an actuator causing the horizontal rotational movement of the element together with the conveyor, defined by said main point of articulation.
Claims12
A material processing apparatus comprising:
- a conveyor comprising a first side and a second side and being rotatable in a vertical direction around a horizontal axis,
- a rotatable element comprising a first end and a second end and being rotatable in a horizontal direction relative to the apparatus and comprising said horizontal axis,
- a main point of articulation at the first end of the rotatable element where the rotatable element articulated to the apparatus for rotation in said horizontal direction, the first end of the rotatable element being positioned at the first side of the conveyor and the second end of the rotatable element being positioned at the second side of the conveyor,
- a variable length element articulated to the rotatable element at a first point remote from said main point of articulation and articulated to the apparatus at a second point, and
- an actuator connected to the rotatable element and causing the rotation of the rotatable element in said horizontal direction together with the conveyor around said main point of articulation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.