HIGH-ANGLE BELT CONVEYOR Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: mining industry; materials transportation devices. SUBSTANCE: conveyor has driving and tension drums, conveyor belt, and working liquid supply system with common pipeline and hoses. Load holding endless chain circuit is freely fitted on belt. Circuit has cross bucket partitions and round link chains secured on partitions through brackets. Chains are passed over driving and tension sprockets. Pack of bolt and chain member of idle run rests on guides through partition brackets. Load carrying run of belt is placed on flat antifriction support. To reduce sliding friction coefficient and wear of belt-support friction pair support is made of separate sections with longitudinal bars arranged in staggered order in adjacent sections. Cross bars are placed between end faces of adjacent sections. Grooves are made in bat-to-belt contact planes. Grooves are connected through supply branch pipes with system to working liquid delivery system. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities. 4 dwg