Entry conveyor and pan section for the same

US7562764B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DBT GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Reinhold Brüggemann · Bottrop, DE
• Gerhard Merten · L Atkinson Lane, DE
• Hans Meya · Werne, DE
• Jorg Wirtz · Witten, DE
• Ingo Pruss · Wuppertal, DE
• Karl-Heinz Schurer · Herne, DE
• Reinhold Brggemann · Trochtelfingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 2007
• Grant date: Jul 21, 2009
• Expiry date: Jul 14, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E21F13/06
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An entry conveyor including a conveyor pan formed by a plurality of pan sections that are hingeably connected to each other, at the two ends of which conveyor pan drive stations and/or return stations for a scraper chain are provided. Each pan section includes a top strand delimited by lateral profiles and the conveyor base and a bottom strand for the scraper chain as well as receiving elements for a pan section connecting mechanism, which elements are disposed outside of the lateral profiles. A pan strand including a plurality of pan sections that are disposed behind each other is provided in the conveyor pan, which sections are hingeably coupled via a center swivel bearing disposed on the center longitudinal axis of the conveyor pan or the pan sections. The invention also relates to the pan sections with the center swivel bearings.