ARRANGEMENT FOR LOADING AGRICULTURAL AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: materials handling. SUBSTANCE: electrically driven winch is mounted over unloading hole of inclined plane. Clutch consists of winch drum 5 and sleeve 9 with remote control lever 10. Lower disk is rigidly coupled with drum and is provided with pins 11. Upper disk is seated on winch shaft 1 and has segment-shaped holes. Drum is moved up along vertical shaft through the use of sleeve with remote control lever and slips down under gravity. Shaft portion, which is located under drum, is enveloped in shroud to prevent accidental winding up of rope. Pins 11 of disk secured on upper flange of drum are made in the form of truncated cones to ensure their easily and smoothly entering segmental holes 12 in upper disk. EFFECT: enlarged potentialities, improved reliability and remote control of materials loading arrangement. 3 cl, 4 dwg