BUCKET ELEVATOR Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC B65G17/12 B65G17/30 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: elevator comprises head 1 accommodating drive drum and jointed via composite tubes 2 with receiving shoe 3 including housing 4 with semicircular detachable bottom 5 housing tension drum 6, traction belt 7 with buckets 8 arranged in said tubes. Fixed vertical guide struts 10 made up of channels are arranged on the bed on both sides of said shoe to support structural frame 11. Said shoe is jointed with tubes by fixed box 12. Solid contact seal 13 is arranged at joint between shoe and box. Shoe is driven vertically by two tensioning mechanisms made up of threaded studs 14 arranged on both sides of the shoe jointed with structural frame. Shoe thrusts on guide struts via plain bearings 15. Tension drum driven by adjusting screws 16 displaces vertically along shoe case due to screw joint. Shoe case bottom mad be detached and is coated by lining material. Tube sections 17 are made up of two parts 18 on box channel split joints that feature rectangular cross-section. Stiffness elements 19 are arranged between tube sections.

EFFECT: expanded operating performances, higher fire safety, ease of assembly.

6 cl, 4 dwg