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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1989
William S Rickman, Leucadia, CA (US);
Ogden Environmental Services, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A conveyor flight for a conveyor assembly has an overlayment of a non-elastomeric flexible member on its front or loadbearing surface, which flexible member has a memory such that it recovers to its unloaded reference condition, thus assisting in discharge through an underlying chute or port of the materials transported by the conveyor and avoiding recycling material through the conveyor assembly. The flexible member recovery dislodges adherent material, such as compactible earth, from the conveyor flights. A cleaner assembly may optionally be provided downstream of the discharge port to insert a cleaner blade in proximity to the conveyor flight front surface to dislodge any particularly adherent residual materials that might still be attached to the front surface of the flexible member.