DEVICE FOR RELOADING LOOSE MATERIAL FROM DISCHARGE END OF THE FIRST BELT CONVEYER TO CHARGE END OF THE SECOND BELT CONVEYER

摘要

In a conveying system for bulk materials comprising first and second conveyors (1 and 4) a discharge end of the first conveyor (1) overlaps the receiving end of the second conveyor (4), the system having means for facilitating transfer between said conveyors with provision for the conveyors being out of alignment by as much as 90 DEG . The system includes the following features in combination for facilitating such transfer:- (1) The receiving conveyor (4) is provided at its receiving end with a chute (3). (2) The chute (3) is semi-circular and has upstanding flexible walls (11). (3) The discharging conveyor (1) mounts by means (6) and a system of levers (7), which extend to embrace the flexible wall (11), engaging means which comprise rollers (8, 12), running on curved upper and lower tracks (9, 13) on the chute (3) at the base of the flexible wall (11). (4) The roller (12) holds down an area of the flexible upstanding wall overlapped by the discharing conveyor (1). (5) Preferably the flexible wall is formed by separate sections hinged at their lower edges to the chute, and with tension means joining their upper regions and tending to maintain them upstanding. IMAGE