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Conveyor pan with changeable trough, and a changeable trough

US8365901B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH · DE

Inventors

Siegfried Schmidt · Visselhövede, DE
Jorg Wirtz · Witten, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 28, 2009
Grant date	Feb 5, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 8, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65G19/287
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A conveyor pan for a mining conveyor having a substructure with two side elements and an intermediate floor as well as a changeable trough forming a top strand and being detachably and exchangeably fastenable to the substructure. The trough having side profiles, each with a top web, and the top strand fastening means including screw bolts being fixable in place on the substructure. In order to ease an exchange of the trough, at least the top web of one side profile is provided with a plurality of open-edged indentations, in which there are welded holding strips, which project laterally over the top web and are provided with a plurality of bolt holes for the passage of a plurality of screw bolts.

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