Title:
TROUGH BELT CONVEYOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/263083
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Trough belt conveyor having a flexible conveyor belt loop (6) tensioned around end pulleys (3, 4). Trough forming guide surfaces (12) are provided under opposite side edge portions (11) of a transport section (7) of the belt (6) and are inclined upward from the transport deck (9) in a laterally outward direction transverse to the transport path (8). The transport section (7) of the belt (6) rests on the transport deck (9) and on the trough forming guide surfaces (12) so as to form a trough extending along the transport path (8). Passages (14) are provided at least in the trough forming guide surfaces (12) or in zones of the transport deck (9) along the trough forming guide surfaces (12), for allowing material caught between the conveyor belt (6) and the trough forming guide surfaces (12) to drop through the guide surfaces (12) or the transport deck (9).
Inventors:
DIX JORRIT WIJNAND (NL)
Application Number:
PCT/NL2020/050408
Publication Date:
February 04, 2021
Filing Date:
June 23, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BOLLEGRAAF PATENTS AND BRANDS B V (NL)
International Classes:
B65G15/08; B65G15/60; B65G15/62; B65G21/10
Foreign References:
| KR20120071579A | 2012-07-03 | |||
| US20130277181A1 | 2013-10-24 | |||
| FR2836135A1 | 2003-08-22 | |||
| US5915527A | 1999-06-29 | |||
| EP0301609A1 | 1989-02-01 | |||
| US5875883A | 1999-03-02 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
WITMANS, H.A. et al. (NL)
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