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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1986
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1983
Joseph A Dos Santos, Winfield, AL (US);
Continental Conveyor and Equipment Company, Inc., Winfield, AL (US);
Abstract
A high angle conveying apparatus including a conveyor belt and a cover belt trained for movement in endless paths of travel. The belts are supported for movement by an array of upwardly directed and downwardly directed troughed idler rolls for movement through a material loading zone whereat the belts are out of operative proximity with each other, through a material lifting zone whereat the belts are in operative proximity to each other whereby material on the conveyor belt will be held in contact therewith by the cover belt, and then through a material discharge zone whereat the belts are moved out of operative proximity with each other for discharging material therefrom. Pressure devices are provided to maintain predetermined belt speeds and pressures.