Reload conveyor with articulating frame
AssigneeEarth Corp. Industries, LLC
InventorJay Werlinger
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Abstract
A reload conveyor with an articulating conveyor frame is provided. The reload conveyor includes a main conveyor frame and a placement conveyor frame positioned at a discharge end of the main conveyor frame. The placement conveyor frames articulates to assume a transport configuration and a material transfer configuration. The overall length of the placement conveyor frame in the transport configuration is substantially shorter than in the material transfer configuration. A pair of material receiving mechanisms are provided and arranged to assume a material transfer configuration and a transport configuration.
Claims20
A reload conveyor with an articulating conveyor frame, the reload conveyor comprising:
- a main conveyor frame;
- a placement conveyor frame positioned at a discharge end of the main conveyor frame and articulating to assume a transport configuration and a material transfer configuration wherein the overall length of the placement conveyor frame in the transport configuration is substantially shorter than in the material transfer configuration;
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- a pair of material receiving mechanisms slidably moveable to assume a material transfer configuration and a transport configuration.
A reload conveyor with an articulating conveyor frame comprising:
- a trailer;
- a main conveyor frame coupled to the trailer;
- a placement conveyor frame positioned at a discharge end of the main conveyor frame, the placement conveyor frame coupled to and pivoting about a pivot axis of the trailer;
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- a pair of material receiving mechanisms,
- wherein the placement conveyor frame is articulates to assume a transport configuration and a material transfer configuration, wherein the overall length of the reload conveyor in the transport configuration is substantially shorter than in the material transfer configuration, and wherein the width of each material receiving mechanism is substantially less in the transport configuration than in the material transfer configuration.
A reload conveyor with an articulating conveyor frame, the reload conveyor comprising:
- a main conveyor frame;
- a placement conveyor frame positioned at a discharge end of the main conveyor frame and articulating to assume a transport configuration and a material transfer configuration wherein the overall length of the placement conveyor frame in the transport configuration is substantially shorter than in the material transfer configuration, wherein the placement conveyor frame pivots side to side within a range of 190°;
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- a pair of material receiving mechanisms configured and arranged to assume a material transfer configuration and a transport configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.