TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR HANDLING FREE FLOWING MATERIAL ALONG A TRAIN Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: transport building. SUBSTANCE: transport system consists of gandola cars adjacent to train machine. Each car is a part of the train. Conveyors in pairs are installed on the gandola cars. The conveyors are installed in series along the train. One portion of the conveyors are rigidly fastened on the gandola cars, and another is able to turn in vertical plane using drive. Transducers limiting loading installed on the above conveyors are connected to the drive of conveyor revolution of previous gandola car (beginning from train machine). EFFECT: simple structure, simple control for loading process, low wear of conveyor belt, relatively small power of the drive. 2 dwg