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Travelling hopper belt car

  • US 4,694,948 A
  • Filed: 11/27/1985
  • Issued: 09/22/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A travelling hopper belt car comprising a superstructure, a belt carrier mounted for pivoting in a vertical plane around a horizontal axis on said superstructure, a throw-off belt mounted for movement in a conveying direction on said belt carrier, a feed chute connected to said belt carrier adjacent said horizontal axis, said feed chute having side walls which each include a lower section fixed to said carrier and an upper side section pivotally mounted to each lower section respectively about a further horizontal axis for folding down at least to a vertical height of said further horizontal axis, said travelling superstructure being mounted for pivoting in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis, a support arm mounted on said superstructure and carrying said horizontal axis of said belt carrier, said support arm extending to a feed end of said throw-off belt under said feed chute, a feed device mounted on said superstructure at opposite sides of said feed chutes, and feed device mounting means for moving said feed device on each side of said feed chute toward and away from said feed chute in a horizontal direction, each feed device comprising a feed trough for receiving material and a bearing connected to each feed trough for pivoting each feed trough about at least one axis which is on one side of said feed end of said throw-off belt and extends in the conveying direction of said throw-off belt.

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