Connection conveyor device for conveying material

• US 4,406,361 A
• Filed: 06/23/1981
• Issued: 09/27/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/1980
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fried. Krupp Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
• Original Assignee: Fried. Krupp Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
• Inventors: Konigs, Herbert, Weber, Heinz
• Primary Examiner(s): Whitehead, Harold D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Watts, Douglas D.
• Application Number:
  US06/276,783
• Time in Patent Office: 826 Days
• Field of Search: 414/133, 198/587, 198/588, 198/594, 198/863
• US Class Current: 198/588
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 65/28 Piling or unpiling loose materials in bulk, e.g. coal, manure, timber, not otherwise provided for by soil-shifting or like equipment E02F

Abstract

A connection conveyor belt device for conveying overburden or other bulk material between a belt conveyor system and a boom stacker which is coupled with the connection belt device, which has a bridge and an undercarriage. The connection conveyor device can be uncoupled from the stacker, and the bridge thereof is displaceably supported on the undercarriage by supporting means in such a way that the supporting point can occupy every position of the range which extends approximately from the center of gravity to the receiving end of the bridge, and that the bridge is securable against tilting in the center of gravity position.

Claims

1. A connection conveyor device for conveying material to a stacker, said device comprising:

an undercarriage;

a bridge having a material receiving end and a material discharge end;

a conveyor belt system provided on said bridge for effecting said conveying;

supporting means interposed between said undercarriage and said bridge for displaceably supporting said bridge on said undercarriage at any location of said bridge extending approximately from the center of gravity thereof to said receiving end thereof, and for securing said bridge against tilting, when in the center of gravity position, said connection conveyor device being adapted to be selectively coupled and uncoupled from said stacker, and a connection element for connecting said bridge to said undercarriage, when said bridge is in a discharge position, to secure said bridge against tilting, said connection element being arranged between the support location of said bridge and said discharge end of said bridge.

3. A device according to claim 1, which includes a pivot mounting arranged between said undercarriage and said supporting means.

4. A device according to claim 3, in which said pivot mounting is a ball-bearing slewing gear.

2. A connection conveyor device for conveying material to a stacker, said device comprising:

an undercarriage;

a bridge having a material receiving end and a material discharge end;

a conveyor belt system provided on said bridge for effecting said conveying;

supporting means interposed between said undercarriage and said bridge for displaceably supporting said bridge on said undercarriage at any location of said bridge extending approximately from the center of gravity thereof to said receiving end thereof, and for securing said bridge against tilting, when in the center of gravity position, said connection conveyor device being adapted to be selectively coupled and uncoupled from said stacker, and a connection element for connecting said bridge to said undercarriage, when said bridge is in a discharge position, to secure said bridge against tilting, said connection element being telescopable.

5. A device according to claim 2, in which said supporting means comprises two wheel-balancing devices, and in which said discharge end of said bridge is provided with an upwardly projecting arm which provides a support connection with said stacker.