141 |
Rail Conveyor System with Vertical Carriage Return |
US15523056 |
2015-10-29 |
US20170313519A1 |
2017-11-02 |
Craig Anthony Wheeler |
The present invention provides a rail conveyor system of the type having a rail track (9) including a delivery run (1) extending between a loading end (5) and a discharge end (6) and a return run (12) extending from the discharge end (6) to the loading end (5), a plurality of carriages (8) spaced apart from one another and arranged to run on wheels (24) supported by the track (9), and a continuous carry belt (10) supported by the carriages (8); wherein, at least at the discharge end (6), the carriages (8) are turned around to return to the loading end (5) by being entrained around only one or more vertical turnover wheels (7) arranged such that the carriages (7) are delivered to the return run (12) beneath the delivery run (1). |
142 |
INTERMODAL STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION CONTAINER |
US15622543 |
2017-06-14 |
US20170274813A1 |
2017-09-28 |
Kenneth W. Eiden, III; Brian Andrew Hunter; Mathew Carley; Timothy Stefan; Mark D'Agostino; Scott D'Agostino |
An intermodal container for transporting frac proppant, such as frac sand, and/or other types of granular material is disclosed. The intermodal container is designed to receive frac sand from a quarry or other frac sand supply source. Once the container is filled with material, the container is loaded onto a transportation device and transported to a well site. Once received at the well site, the containers can be stacked and the frac sand stored until needed. Once the frac sand is needed, the containers are placed on a base unit and the container discharges its contents onto a conveying system formed as part of the base unit. The conveying system directs the frac sand to a blending location. The empty intermodal containers can be removed from the base unit and loaded onto a transportation device to be refilled at a mine site. |
143 |
Apparatus for examining moving products, in particular moving piece goods, by x-ray |
US14950181 |
2015-11-24 |
US09746578B2 |
2017-08-29 |
Torben Schuff; Werner Thomas |
Provided is an apparatus for x-ray examination of moving products, including a conveyor device with a conveying means on which a product to be irradiated rests in a movement plane. The product is transported in at least one of the following manners: along a predetermined movement trajectory at a predetermined speed; in accordance with a predetermined time-dependent course of speed or position; is rotated about a rotary axis that is substantially perpendicular to the movement plane, or any combination thereof. A radiation generating device, configured to generate an x-ray beam, is positioned on one side of the conveying means, and has a detector device, positioned on the opposite side of the conveying means. The radiation generating device is configured to generate an x-ray beam widening in fanlike fashion beginning at an x-radiation source of the radiation generating device. |
144 |
Sealing device for a belt transfer location |
US14898886 |
2014-06-20 |
US09718621B2 |
2017-08-01 |
Wilfried Dunnwald |
A sealing device for sealing the side regions of a conveyor belt having a sequence of sealing elements being arranged on either side of the longitudinal axis of the conveyor belt. The sealing elements are spaced apart and rest on the surface of the conveyor belt in a resilient manner, the individual sealing elements being arranged at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the conveyor belt and pointing in the direction of movement of the conveyor belt by their inner end. The sealing elements consist of strip-like guide ledges. |
145 |
Belt conveyor load zone support assembly |
US15383183 |
2016-12-19 |
US09714141B2 |
2017-07-25 |
Jarrod J. Felton |
A cartridge assembly for use in a load zone support includes a shaft that is able to be connected to an idler frame of a belt conveyor system. The cartridge assembly further includes a support plate coupled to the shaft and a wear pad coupled to the support plate. |
146 |
Snub idler for conveyor |
US15160104 |
2016-05-20 |
US09670003B2 |
2017-06-06 |
Cecil James Ferguson |
Disclosed is technology including a snub idler for a conveyor having a plurality of rollers and a frame comprising means to support the plurality of rollers in a convex or similar shape. The means to support the plurality of rollers in a convex shape may include a pair of convex arcuate or similar rails respectively affixed to a side panel of the frame. The present technology also includes a conveyor including a tail pulley, an impact load bed defining a trough and having a concave shape, and one or more snub idlers positioned between the tail pulley and the impact load bed. In this arrangement the snub idler supports a plurality of rollers having a convex or similar shape generally complementary with the concave shape of the impact load bed trough. The disclosed technology also includes a method of positioning and shaping a conveyor belt, including configuring a snub idler having a plurality of roller segments, with each roller segment having a roller, wherein the rollers define a convex or similar shape generally complementary with a concave shape of a trough defined by an impact load bed of a conveyor. This method further includes positioning the snub idler longitudinally between a tail pulley of the conveyor and the impact load bed, and supporting the snub idler with a snub idler support structure such that the roller of at least some of the roller segments of the snub idler is in contact with an upper surface of the conveyor belt and forces the conveyor belt down into the trough. |
147 |
Low Profile Transfer Conveyor for Use with Conveyor Systems |
US15431695 |
2017-02-13 |
US20170152113A1 |
2017-06-01 |
Carmen Sammauro |
The low profile transfer conveyor bridges gaps between terminal ends of contiguous multi segment conveyors and provides a driven belt bridge with a length that approximately bridges the space between the flat surfaces of conveyor belt segments of the multi segment conveyors and has a low profile which minimizes any unsupported distance across which articles must cross between conveyor belt segments by providing a small continuous section of driven conveyor belt traversing a flat surface bounded on two sides by small radius edges so the transfer conveyor edges extend almost to the flat surface of the belt segments on opposite sides of the gap that it bridges. At its ends, the belt of the transfer conveyor is driven by one or more drive pulleys. |
148 |
Sealing belt conveyors against product leakage |
US15178906 |
2016-06-10 |
US09637322B1 |
2017-05-02 |
Jaime Nolin Tratch |
A belt conveyor has an upward sloping tube and a hopper extending outward from the lower intake end of the tube. A belt has an upper run passing along a hopper floor of the hopper then over a top S-roller of an S-roller assembly, under a bottom S-roller thereof, and up through the tube. Resilient bottom seal strips each extend along each side of the hopper with lower edges thereof bearing against the belt adjacent to side edges of the belt and resilient top seal strips are fastened on top of the corresponding bottom seal strips such that a lower edge of each top seal strip bears against the belt beside the lower edge of the corresponding bottom seal strip. Roller seals seal edges of the S-rollers and the belt passing therethrough, and a support surface supports the belt between the bottom S-roller and the intake end of the tube. |
149 |
Cleated belt conveyor |
US15074308 |
2016-03-18 |
US09630779B2 |
2017-04-25 |
Paul A. Kaeb; Steven R. Walden |
An improved conveyor belt is disclosed for conveying granular material through a curvilinear structure at operating incline angles of at least 30 degrees. The belt has a first surface, a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis, and a plurality of cleat members extending from the first surface of the belt. The cleat members are arranged to cooperate together to form a plurality of longitudinally spaced-apart cleat walls during movement of the conveyor belt through the curvilinear structure. In this way, the cleat wall supports at least a portion of the granular material during movement of the conveyor belt through the curvilinear structure. The longitudinal space between subsequent cleat walls is between 4.5 inches and 5.5 inches. |
150 |
Apparatus for conveyor belt tracking |
US14712076 |
2015-05-14 |
US09546046B2 |
2017-01-17 |
James O'Brien |
A conveyor belt tracking system incorporates a receiving arm secured within a conveyor belt operating system with a roller assembly. The roller assembly has an upper plate and a lower plate forming a high aspect ratio groove to receive a conveyor belt. An axle extending from the receiving arm supports the upper plate and lower plate for rotational motion. |
151 |
Conveyor belt idler systems |
US14876327 |
2015-10-06 |
US09517891B1 |
2016-12-13 |
Anthony Van Zee; James Masek |
Belt conveyor idler systems for increasing the trough angle of a conveyor belt are disclosed. In some embodiments, wing roll brackets that support the wing rolls increase in length from the front end to the back end of the idler system. |
152 |
Trough training idler |
US14951804 |
2015-11-25 |
US09469480B2 |
2016-10-18 |
Aaron T. Gibbs; Leroy C. Williams |
An apparatus and method for adjusting the trough angle of a conveyor belt transport mechanism and for automatically correcting for conveyor belt creep along the conveyor belt sides during belt operation. The apparatus and method are directed to an idler assembly that pivots through a high point over a base frame. The idler assembly includes a horizontal base strut and angled wing struts on each side of the base strut. Rotatably mounted on the horizontal base strut are a pair of parallel centered rollers that surround a centrally-located pivot point. Rotatably mounted on each angled wing strut is a respective conical-shaped wing roller wherein a lower end of the wing roller remains at a fixed distance from the wing element whereas the distance between the upper end and the angled wing strut is adjustable via a threaded rod using jam nuts to releasably secure the angled wing rollers at a desired angle. During belt operation, if conveyor belt creep occurs the idler assembly automatically pivots to correct and re-center the belt over the parallel-centered rollers. |
153 |
Conveyor belt with high flexibility and at the same time high flame resistance |
US15026837 |
2014-08-04 |
US20160289003A1 |
2016-10-06 |
Georg Müller; Daniel Vazquez-Maggio |
A conveyor belt, in particular a pouch conveyor belt, with a first layer, which comprises a material with high flexibility, and to a conveying installation, in particular a pouch conveying installation, with such a conveyor belt. |
154 |
CLEATED BELT CONVEYOR |
US15074308 |
2016-03-18 |
US20160272427A1 |
2016-09-22 |
Paul A. Kaeb; Steven R. Walden |
An improved conveyor belt is disclosed for conveying granular material through a curvilinear structure at operating incline angles of at least 30 degrees. The belt has a first surface, a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis, and a plurality of cleat members extending from the first surface of the belt. The cleat members are arranged to cooperate together to form a plurality of longitudinally spaced-apart cleat walls during movement of the conveyor belt through the curvilinear structure. In this way, the cleat wall supports at least a portion of the granular material during movement of the conveyor belt through the curvilinear structure. The longitudinal space between subsequent cleat walls is between 4.5 inches and 5.5 inches. |
155 |
Conveyor system |
US14390175 |
2013-03-28 |
US09388693B2 |
2016-07-12 |
Darren John Whelan |
A conveyor system including a track extending between a loading region and a discharge region, an endless belt bendable into a tubular shape, the endless belt having thickened edges, a number of carriages moveably mounted to the track, the carriages including belt rollers for engaging the edges of the belt to thereby support the belt, a loading carriage for allowing material to be loaded onto the belt, the loading station being moveable at least within the loading region, a discharge carriage for allowing material to be discharged from the belt, the discharge station being moveable at least within the discharge region and a number of intermediate carriages positioned between the loading and discharge carriages for supporting the belt along transport and return paths with the tubular shape. |
156 |
Sealing Device for a Belt Transfer Location |
US14898886 |
2014-06-20 |
US20160137423A1 |
2016-05-19 |
Wilfried Dunnwald |
A sealing device for sealing the side regions of a conveyor belt, having a sequence of sealing elements being arranged on either side of the longitudinal axis of the conveyor belt. The sealing elements are spaced apart and rest on the surface of the conveyor belt in a resilient manner, the individual sealing elements being arranged at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the conveyor belt and pointing in the direction of movement of the conveyor belt by their inner end. The sealing elements consist of strip-like guide ledges. |
157 |
TUBULAR CONVEYOR BELT OR POCKET CONVEYOR BELT HAVING A CHEVRON PROFILE ARRANGEMENT ON THE CARRYING SIDE THEREOF |
US14935206 |
2015-11-06 |
US20160060040A1 |
2016-03-03 |
Andrey Minkin |
A conveyor belt includes a carrying-side cover plate and a running-side cover plate. The cover plates conjointly define a belt body having a plurality of reinforcement elements embedded therein. The belt body has edge zones and is closable so as to cause the edge zones to overlap and be in mutual contact engagement to form a tube conveyor belt or a pocket conveyor belt. The carrying-side cover plate has a chevron profile arrangement which includes a plurality of diagonal elements extending in both a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction of the conveyor belt. Each two of the diagonal elements conjointly defines a pair with multiple pairs defining a V-formation having a tip aligned in a direction opposite to the direction of movement of the belt. |
158 |
Monorail Conveyor Belt Advance and Structure Installation System for Underground Mining |
US14678500 |
2015-04-03 |
US20160009496A1 |
2016-01-14 |
Gordon Gordon |
The present invention provides a method of installing a conveyor belt in an underground mine comprising the steps of installing a monorail in the mine, mounting at least two conveyor belt cradles on said monorail, coupling at least two of the conveyor belt cradles by a chain of predetermined length, coupling a conveyor belt to said conveyor belt cradles, coupling at least one conveyor belt cradle to an end roller, and moving the end roller to a predetermined point in the mine, wherein said moving the end roller pulls the conveyor belt cradles apart by the predetermined length, positioning the cradles in a desired location in the mine. |
159 |
BELT-ON-BELT DRIVES FOR STEEPLY-SLOPED PORTIONS OF LONG CONVEYORS |
US14765126 |
2014-02-03 |
US20160001979A1 |
2016-01-07 |
Martin S. Lurie; R. Steven Kasper |
A conveyor system, at least a portion of which may traverse a continuous slope sufficiently steep such that tensile forces associated with overcoming the effects of the slope are several times larger per unit length of run than tensile forces per unit length of run due to main frictional resistance of the conveyor system, may include a belt-on-belt drive. The belt-on-belt drive may include at least one internal belt configured to operably engage the carry belt of the conveyor system so as to frictionally drive the carry belt over the sloped run. The longitudinal stiffness of the at least one internal belt may be at least twice the external belt's longitudinal stiffness. At the portion of the external belt driven by the at least one internal belt, the rate of tension rise in the external belt may be configured to be approximately zero or a modestly higher rate. |
160 |
MULTI-PIECE SHAFT |
US14732022 |
2015-06-05 |
US20150266674A1 |
2015-09-24 |
David R. White; Todd W. Kirkpatrick |
A method of manufacturing a multi-piece shaft for an idler roller. The method includes providing a tube having a first end and a second end, mechanically crimping the first end of the tube to a first stub to secure the first stub to the first end of the tube with a mechanical interlock, and mechanically crimping the second end of the tube to a second stub to secure the second stub to the second end of the tube with a mechanical interlock. The first stub extends from the first end of the tube and the second stub extends from the second end of the tube. |