Bucket for a bucket elevator

US11618631B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BEUMER GROUP GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Adam Von Schwartz · Bochum, DE
• Peter Cornelius · Wilhermsdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 12, 2021
• Grant date: Apr 4, 2023
• Expiry date: Aug 12, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2201/04
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A bucket and a corresponding bucket elevator, the bucket has a bucket wall surrounding a filling and discharge opening and having a rear wall and a front bucket wall, the front bucket wall having a front edge delimiting the filling and discharge opening, and the bucket being connectable to a conveyor device via the rear wall, wherein the ratio between the bucket depth, which corresponds to the horizontal distance between the rear wall and the front edge, and the bucket height, which corresponds to the vertical distance between a bucket low point and the front edge, is greater than 1, preferably greater than 1.3, more preferably greater than 1.5.