HIGH-ANGLE BELT CONVEYOR Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC B65G15/16 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: conveyor comprises belt 3 running over drive drum 1 and idler pulley 3, loading device 4 and hold-down loop 7 closed at drive drum 5 and idler pulley 6 with transverse webs secured thereat. Both flights of hold-down loop are arranged above load-bearing flight 3. Top flight of hold-down loop rests on straight roller carriages 9. Angle-section webs are articulated with hold-down loop belt. Part of every web oriented normally to the belt follows load-bearing flight profile formed by grooved roller carriages 11 and is arranged with clearance 12 above belt load-bearing flight working surface. Another part 13 of the web located parallel with hold-down loop belt is directed opposite load-bearing flight motion and hold-down loop flight. End 15 of said part is curved toward belt load-bearing flight.

EFFECT: decreased power consumption and load at conveyor belt, higher efficiency.

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