Material screening apparatus
First Claim
1. A mobile material screening apparatus for separating bulk particulate material into groups of particles of differing sizes, the apparatus comprising:
- a support chassis;
a horizontal screen box apparatus, the screen box mounted on the support chassis and having an upper screen deck and a lower screen deck;
the mobile screening apparatus further comprising an additional pre-screening module, which is slideably connected to, and supported on, mounting means provided on the support chassis, the pre-screening module having an upper inclined screen and a lower inclined screen wherein the pre-screening module is provided with an upper conveyor and lower conveyor, the upper and lower conveyors being arranged parallel to the upper inclined screen and a lower inclined screen, the upper conveyor being adapted to convey material to the pre-screening module screens and the lower conveyor being adapted to transfer material from the pre-screening module to the horizontal screen box apparatus;
the screening apparatus further comprising at least one lifting ram that extends from the support chassis to the pre-screening module, the at least one lifting ram operable to move the pre-screening module between a horizontal stowed position and an operational position in which the angle of inclination of the pre-screening module is altered to thereby tilt the pre-screening module relative to the horizontal screen box, and,when the pre-screening module is being moved from the stowed position to the tilted operational position, the at least one lifting ram is further operable to simultaneously pull the pre-screening module along a plurality of rollers on the support chassis to a position above the horizontal screen box so that the particulate material is conveyed from the lower inclined conveyor to the pre-screening module to the horizontal screen box, and,whereby the provision of the horizontal screen box and the pre-screening module provides five different grades of material as output from the mobile screening apparatus, including reject unscreened material and four different grades of screened material.
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Abstract
A mobile material screening apparatus (100) for separating bulk particulate material into groups of particles of differing sizes comprises a support chassis (2), a horizontal screen box (3) housed within the support chassis (2) and an additional inclined pre-screening module (50) which is adapted to be demountably attached to the support chassis (2). The mobile screening apparatus (100) comprises five outputs. Foldable conveyors (7a, 8, 9, 910, 920) can be deployed outwardly from and stowed inwardly against the material screening apparatus. The provision of an inclined pre-screening module (50) provides relief to the horizontal screen box (3) by first removing the larger sized particles from the bulk material which can be returned to a crusher for recycling and serves also to increase the total number of grades of material separated by the screening apparatus.
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18 Claims
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1. A mobile material screening apparatus for separating bulk particulate material into groups of particles of differing sizes, the apparatus comprising:
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a support chassis; a horizontal screen box apparatus, the screen box mounted on the support chassis and having an upper screen deck and a lower screen deck; the mobile screening apparatus further comprising an additional pre-screening module, which is slideably connected to, and supported on, mounting means provided on the support chassis, the pre-screening module having an upper inclined screen and a lower inclined screen wherein the pre-screening module is provided with an upper conveyor and lower conveyor, the upper and lower conveyors being arranged parallel to the upper inclined screen and a lower inclined screen, the upper conveyor being adapted to convey material to the pre-screening module screens and the lower conveyor being adapted to transfer material from the pre-screening module to the horizontal screen box apparatus; the screening apparatus further comprising at least one lifting ram that extends from the support chassis to the pre-screening module, the at least one lifting ram operable to move the pre-screening module between a horizontal stowed position and an operational position in which the angle of inclination of the pre-screening module is altered to thereby tilt the pre-screening module relative to the horizontal screen box, and, when the pre-screening module is being moved from the stowed position to the tilted operational position, the at least one lifting ram is further operable to simultaneously pull the pre-screening module along a plurality of rollers on the support chassis to a position above the horizontal screen box so that the particulate material is conveyed from the lower inclined conveyor to the pre-screening module to the horizontal screen box, and, whereby the provision of the horizontal screen box and the pre-screening module provides five different grades of material as output from the mobile screening apparatus, including reject unscreened material and four different grades of screened material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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