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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2007
Herbert Trieb, Lochau, AT;
Herbert Trieb, Lochau, AT;
Innova Patent GmbH, Wolfurt, AT;
Abstract
An installation for conveying goods, such as bulk materials, breakdown and overburden materials, mineral substances, and the like, from a loading station to an unloading station has a continuous conveyor belt that is borne by supporting cables, is moved along guide cables, from the loading station to the unloading station, rolls on supporting rollers, and is guided over deflecting drums in the loading and the unloading station. A respective turning device is located downstream of the unloading station and upstream of the loading station, as seen in the movement direction of the conveyor belt, is fastened on supporting frames, is provided for turning the return strand of the conveyor belt. The guide is formed with a helically running guide track for turning the conveyor belt downstream of the unloading station and upstream of the loading station. The guide track here, which is located in the turning device, can be adjusted and secured in position in relation to the supporting frames for adaptation to the given technical requirements, such as the dimensions and the properties of the conveyor belt, the loading to which the conveyor belt is subjected by the goods to be transported, and the like.