Mobile self-contained loading and crushing apparatus

• US 8,789,784 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2011
• Issued: 07/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ange Construction Co.
• Original Assignee: Ange Construction Co.
• Inventors: Ange, Elton Russell III
• Primary Examiner(s): Francis, Faye
• Application Number:
  US13/108,971
• Publication Number:
  US 20110278384A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,170 Days
• Field of Search: 241/101.74, 241/101.741, 241/101.75, 241/101.76, 241/81, 241/69.1, 241/79.1, 241/266
• US Class Current: 241/101.74
• CPC Class Codes: B02C 21/026 self-propelled
• CPC Class Codes: B02C 23/02 Feeding devices for grain mills B02C11/04; for roller mills B02C4/286; transport devices in general B65G

Abstract

A mobile self-contained loading and crushing apparatus is described for processing concrete, rock, masonry waste and the like, which includes a crusher unit and a loading device affixed to a mobile carrier. The crusher unit has an inlet and an outlet. The loading device is capable of loading feed material into the inlet of the crusher unit. The crushing unit is capable of producing an output of crushed material, e.g., uniform crushed granular material with a diameter as small as one inch. The mobile self-contained crushing apparatus is useful for on-site or near-site recycling of concrete, rock, masonry waste and the like resulting from construction/demolition activities, and converts the solid crushable waste material into crushed product material that can be employed as a gravel base for streets and foundation structures, or as a recycled component for concrete.

Claims

1. A mobile loading and crushing apparatus, comprising:

a mobile carrier;

a crusher unit having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the crusher unit is affixed to the mobile carrier; and

a loading device affixed to the mobile carrier, wherein the loading device is capable of loading the inlet of the crusher unit with feed material for crushing by the crusher unit by lifting the feed material to the inlet of the crusher unit, wherein the crusher unit includes a second outlet to remove predetermined size pieces of material, and wherein an adjustable diverter is provided to control a first volume of material to the outlet and a second volume of material to the second outlet.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus further includes an operating station for controlling the crusher unit and the loading device.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the apparatus is configured to be operated by a single operator.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the crusher unit further comprises one of a jaw crusher, a rotary crusher, or an impact crusher, capable of processing the feed material.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the crusher unit is configured to produce an output of crushed material comprising pieces having size within a range from about 1 inch in diameter to about 5 inches in diameter.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the crusher unit includes a magnetic device for removal of iron-containing material from the feed material or crushed material generated in operation of the crusher unit.

7. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the loading device further comprises one of a crane, a hoist, a knuckleboom loader, or a loading device having an arm capable of lifting the feed material.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the loading device includes a handler assembly.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the handler assembly comprises one of a clamshell, bucket, scoop, jaw, claw or a handler assembly capable of collecting the feed material for lifting.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the handler assembly comprises a bucket or scoop that lacks internal structure.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the crusher unit includes a screening device for separating out predetermined size pieces of material prior from the feed material.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the crusher unit includes an outlet conveyor for discharging crushed material from the crusher unit.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the crusher unit includes an internal power source.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mobile carrier comprises a trailer, a deck on the trailer, a first end of the deck, and a second end of the deck.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the crusher unit is affixed to the trailer at the second end of the deck of the trailer and the loading device is affixed to the first end of the deck of the trailer.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the loading device further comprises a protective shield for directing crushed material into a bucket shoot.

17. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a storage compartment adapted for storing at least a portion of the handler assembly.

18. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a wheel displacement of the mobile carrier comprises:

a first wheel;

a center of a second wheel approximately 11 feet behind a center of the first wheel;

a center of a third wheel approximately 7 feet, 8⅓

inch behind the center of the second wheel;

a center of a fourth wheel approximately 4 feet, 1¾

inch behind the center of the third wheel;

a center of a fifth wheel approximately 5 feet behind the center of the fourth wheel; and

wherein the third and fourth wheels are a tandem wheel system.

19. A mobile system for processing solid crushable feed material, comprising:

a mobile carrier;

a crusher unit having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the crusher unit is affixed to the mobile carrier;

a loading device affixed to the mobile carrier, wherein the loading device is capable of loading the inlet of the crusher unit with feed material for crushing by the crusher unit by lifting the feed material to the inlet of the crusher unit, wherein the crusher unit includes a second outlet to remove predetermined size pieces of material, and wherein an adjustable diverter is provided to control a first volume of material to the outlet and a second volume of material to the second outlet; and

an operating station for operating the crusher unit and the loading device.

20. The mobile system of claim 19, wherein the operating station is configured for simultaneous operation of the crusher unit and the loading device.