Portable conveyor system with drive-over unloading ramp and a longitudinal conveyor feeding a bucket elevator

A portable conveyor system for receiving particulate material from a transport vehicle and conveying said particulate material to an elevated location, the portable conveyor system comprising:

• a transportable frame comprising ground wheels for rolling support of the transportable frame on a ground surface during transport of said transportable frame;
• a main conveyor comprising a bucket elevator carried on the transportable frame and movable between an operational position standing upright in relation to the transportable frame and a storage position laid down from the upright position to lie more along the transportable frame than upright therefrom;
• a feeder conveyor connected to the transportable frame and operable to convey material from an input region of the feeder conveyor to an output end of the feeder conveyor for feeding said material into an inlet of the bucket elevator that is situated adjacent a lower end of the bucket elevator in the operational position;
• a drive-over assembly comprising a bridging portion spanning transversely across the feeder conveyor at the inlet region thereof;
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• a flow-through area in the bridging portion having at least one opening therein to allow passage of particulate material through the flow through flow-through area of the bridging platform to the inlet region of the feeder conveyor;
• wherein the transportable frame has opposing first and second ends spaced apart in a longitudinal direction thereof and the feeder conveyor and the main conveyor are connected to the transportable frame at positions offset from one another in a lateral direction lying cross-wise to the longitudinal direction.

A portable conveyor system for receiving particulate material from a transport vehicle and conveying said particulate material to an elevated location, the portable conveyor system comprising:

• a transportable frame comprising ground wheels for rolling support of the transportable frame on a ground surface during transport of said transportable frame;
• a main conveyor carried on the transportable frame and a feeder conveyor carried on a conveyor framework that is movably connected to the transportable frame, the feeder conveyor being operable to convey material from an input region of the feeder conveyor to an output end of the feeder conveyor for feeding of said material into the inlet of the main conveyor, the main conveyor and the feeder conveyor each being movable between a respective storage position and a respective operational position, the respective operational position of the main conveyor placing an outlet of the main conveyor at a greater elevation relative to an inlet of the main conveyor than in the respective storage position of the main conveyor in which the main conveyor is less upright than in said respective operational position of the main conveyor, and the operational position of the feeder conveyor placing the feeder conveyor in an orientation extending laterally outward from the transportable frame;
• a respective conveyor repositioning mechanism for each of the main conveyor and the feeder conveyor, by which the main conveyor and the feeder conveyor are each movable between the respective storage and operational positions;
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• a control system comprising conveyor position sensors operable to detect a positional status of each of the main and feeder conveyors, the control system being configured to prevent movement one of the main and feed conveyors between the respective storage and operational positions thereof in the absence of a particular detected positional status of the other one of the main and feed conveyors.