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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Jay Werlinger, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Inventor:
Jay Werlinger, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Assignee:
Earth Corp. Industries LLC, Lebanon, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 21/10 (2006.01); B65G 21/12 (2006.01); B65G 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 21/12 (2013.01); B65G 21/10 (2013.01); B65G 41/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reload conveyor with an articulating conveyor frame is provided. The reload conveyor includes a main conveyor frame and a placement conveyor frame positioned at a discharge end of the main conveyor frame. The placement conveyor frames articulates to assume a transport configuration and a material transfer configuration. The overall length of the placement conveyor frame in the transport configuration is substantially shorter than in the material transfer configuration. A pair of material receiving mechanisms are provided and arranged to assume a material transfer configuration and a transport configuration.