INCREASED-CAPACITY BUCKET BELT ELEVATOR Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC B65G17/36 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: proposed elevator comprises enclosed flexible pull line with buckets 3 secured thereto to run about drive pulley 1 and idler pulley. Bucket fasteners are composed of four hinges 4, 5, 6, 7 with pins 8, 9, 10, 11. Said bucket is attached to pull line at two points directly and to two other by means of connection links 12, 13 that allow said pins to displace therein. Said pins are secure to bottom of every bucket while connection links are secured by their top parts to belt load carrying run in area of top hinges. Slot cutouts 14 in connection links feature semicircular end edges to interact with aforesaid said pins arranged at bottom parts in vertical section of load carrying belt run. Distance between said semicircular end edges is defined by mathematical formula.

EFFECT: higher bucket capacity, efficiency and reliability.

2 cl, 3 dwg