LOADING MACHINE WORKING MEMBER Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: materials handling facilities; loading of large-size lump material. SUBSTANCE: working member of loading machine has frame with wedge nose and material feed unit arranged in tandem. Material feed unit consists of chute, transportation member connected with frame by displacement mechanism and successively arranged holding members. Frame and transportation member reciprocate in direction of machine longitudinal axis under action of power cylinder. Wedge-shaped holding members are mounted to form bottom of chute, and transportation member is made in form of successively arranged wedges interconnected and installed on inclined faces of holding members for planar displacement. Proposed working member eliminates dependence of volume of handled material on height of location of aprons. EFFECT: increased efficiency of operation. 2 dwg